Proto-Italic

*merks

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *merks.

28 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *merks, most familiar first.

• market ← mercātus ← mercor ← merx
• commercial ← commerciālis ← commercium ← merx
• commerce ← commercium ← merx
• mercy ← merci ← mercēs ← merx
• merchant ← marchaunt ← marchaunt ← mercāns ← mercor
• merchandise ← marchaundise ← marcheandise ← marcheant ← *mercātāntem
• mercer ← marcer ← merx
• mercenary ← mercenarye ← mercēnārius ← mercēs ← merx
• mercantile ← mercante ← mercantem ← mercor ← merx
• merci ← mercēs ← merx
• mercantilism ← mercantile ← mercantile ← mercantile ← mercante
• mercantilist ← mercantile ← mercantile ← mercantile ← mercante

More words from *merks

• merchantability
• merchantable
• comess
• merchantlike
• merchantess
• merchantly
• mercature
• mercable
• merchand
• mercantilely
• mercantilistic
• mercatorism
• merchantish
• nonmerchant
• nonmercantile
• unmercantile

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *merks