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Where does “mercadoria” come from?

mercadoria (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Mercador, from Old Portuguese mercador, from Latin mercator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

mercadoria (Portuguese): merchandise; commodity; goods offered for sale

Definitions

  1. merchandise; commodity; goods offered for sale

Ancestry of “mercadoria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseMercador—
2Old Portuguesemercador—
3Latinmercatormerchant, trader; dealer, speculator
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →