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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

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