Where does “mercantilismo” come from?

mercantilismo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese mercantil, 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.

mercantilismo (Portuguese): mercantilism

Definitions

  1. mercantilism

Ancestry of “mercantilismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemercantilmercantile
2Portuguese-il-ile
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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