Where does “mercede” come from?

mercede (Romanian) comes from Italian mercede, from Latin mercēs, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercede (Romanian): reward

Definitions

  1. reward

Ancestry of “mercede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmercederecompense; merit; pity
2Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
3Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
4Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercēs →