Where does “mercar” come from?

mercar (Spanish) comes from Latin mercor, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercar (Spanish): to buy

Definitions

  1. to buy

Ancestry of “mercar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmercorI trade, deal, sell
2Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
3Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercor →