Where does “merced” come from?

merced (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish merced, from Latin mercēs, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

merced (Spanish): mercy

Definitions

  1. mercy

Ancestry of “merced”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishmerced—
2Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
3Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
4Proto-Italic*merks—

Words derived from “merced”

Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercēs →