Where does “mercar” come from?

mercar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese mercar, from Vulgar Latin mercare, from Latin mercor, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercar (Portuguese): to trade

Definitions

  1. to trade

Ancestry of “mercar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemercarto trade; to buy
2Vulgar Latinmercaresecond-person singular present active...
3LatinmercorI trade, deal, sell
4Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
5Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercor →
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