merchant的词源

英文词源

merchant

merchant: [13] Latin merx denoted ‘goods for sale’. From it was derived the verb mercārī ‘trade’ (whose past participle was the source of English market). Mercārī was adapted in Vulgar Latin to mercātāre, whose present participle mercātāns produced the Old French noun marcheant ‘trader’, source of English merchant. Merchandise [13] comes from a derivative of marcheant; and other English descendants of Latin merx are commerce and mercury.
=> commerce, market, mercury

merchant (n.)

c. 1200, from Anglo-French marchaunt "merchant, shopkeeper" (Old French marcheant, Modern French marchand), from Vulgar Latin *mercatantem (nominative *mercatans) "a buyer," present participle of *mercatare, frequentative of Latin mercari "to trade, traffic, deal in" (see market). Meaning "fellow, chap" is from 1540s; with a specific qualifier, and suggesting someone who deals in it (such as speed merchant "one who enjoys fast driving"), from 1914.

merchant (adj.)

c. 1400, from merchant (n.) and from Old French marcheant (adj.).

中文词源

merchant：商人，店主，零售商

来自法语mercheant,商人，来自拉丁语mercari,买卖，交易，词源同market.

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merchant：商人，零售商

来源于拉丁语中名词merx(商品)派生的动词mercari(买,贸易),经古法语marcheant(商人)派生了英语merchant。

词根词缀： merch(-merc-)商 + -ant名词词尾