Where does “mercenario” come from?

mercenario (Spanish) comes from Latin mercēnārius, from Latin mercēs, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercenario (Spanish): hired; mercenary

Definitions

  1. hired; mercenary

Ancestry of “mercenario”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mercenario”

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