Where does “mercenar” come from?

mercenar (Romanian) comes from French mercenaire, from Latin mercēnārius, from Latin mercēs, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercenar (Romanian): mercenary

Definitions

  1. mercenary

Ancestry of “mercenar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmercenairemercenary
2Latinmercēnāriushired for pay
3Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
4Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
5Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercēs →