Where does “mercantil” come from?

mercantil (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -il, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

mercantil (Portuguese): mercantile

Definitions

  1. mercantile

Ancestry of “mercantil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-il-ile
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “mercantil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →