Where does “mercurio” come from?

mercurio (Spanish) comes from Latin Mercurius, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

mercurio (Spanish): mercury

Definitions

  1. mercury

Ancestry of “mercurio”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mercurio”

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