mercatus.
gathering for the purposes of commerce, market; fair;
Meaning & usage
trade, traffic, buying and selling
market, marketplace
festival assemblage, public feast
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin mercor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin mercātus From mercor (“to trade, traffic, deal”) + -tus (action noun suffix).
having traded
having been traded
Where this word comes from
Active and passive perfect participle of mercor (“to trade, sell”).
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