Where does “mercur” come from?

mercur (Romanian) comes from German Merkur, from Latin Mercurius, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercur (Romanian): mercury

Definitions

  1. mercury

Ancestry of “mercur”, step by step

mercur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Merkur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMerkurMercury
2LatinMercuriusMercury; a Roman god associated with speed and...
3Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
4Proto-Italic*merks—

via French Mercure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchMercureMercury
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin Mercurius →