Latin

mercor

‘to trade, deal in, buy’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin mercor.

21 English words in this record descend from Latin mercor, most familiar first.

• market ← mercātus
• merchant ← marchaunt ← marchaunt ← mercāns
• merchandise ← marchaundise ← marcheandise ← marcheant ← *mercātāntem
• mercantile ← mercante ← mercantem
• mercantilism ← mercantile ← mercantile ← mercantile ← mercante
• mercantilist ← mercantile ← mercantile ← mercantile ← mercante
• merchantability ← merchant ← marchaunt ← marchaunt ← mercāns
• merchantable ← merchant ← marchaunt ← marchaunt ← mercāns
• merchantlike ← merchant ← marchaunt ← marchaunt ← mercāns
• merchantess ← merchant ← marchaunt ← marchaunt ← mercāns
• merchantly ← merchant ← marchaunt ← marchaunt ← mercāns
• mercature ← mercatura

More words from mercor

• mercable
• merchand
• mercantilely
• mercantilistic
• mercatorism
• merchantish
• nonmerchant
• nonmercantile
• unmercantile

Etymograph / Latin mercor