Where does “mersenaryo” come from?

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

mersenaryo (Tagalog): mercenary

Definitions

  1. mercenary

Ancestry of “mersenaryo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmercenariohired; mercenary
2Latinmercēnāriushired for pay
3Latinmercēspay, wages, reward
4Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
5Proto-Italic*merks—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin mercēs →