merc
goods; to trade
Latin · merx, mercis; mercari
Merc comes from Latin merx, "goods", and mercari, "to trade". It appears in words about buying, selling, merchants, and business.
Memory trick
MERChant sells MERChandise; MERC means goods and trade.
Words from this root
- commercial (com + merc + ial) — related to business and tradeव्यावसायिक
- commercialism (com + merc + ial + ism) — focus on profitमुनाफ़ाखोरी की प्रवृत्ति
- commercialize (com + merc + ial + ize) — to run for profitव्यापारिक बनाना
- commercialization (com + merc + ial + ization) — turning into a businessव्यावसायीकरण
- commercially (com + merc + ial + ly) — in a business senseव्यापारिक दृष्टि से
- mercantile (merc + antile) — of trade and merchantsव्यापारिक
- mercantilism (merc + antil + ism) — policy of boosting trade wealthवाणिज्यवाद
- mercantilist (merc + antil + ist) — a supporter of mercantilismवाणिज्यवादी
- merchant (merc + hant) — a person who buys and sellsव्यापारी
- mercer (merc + er) — a dealer in clothकपड़ा व्यापारी
- mercury (merc + ury) — the planet; a liquid metalबुध ग्रह; पारा
- noncommercial (non + commercial) — not for profitगैर-व्यावसायिक