mercantile的词源

英文词源

mercantile (adj.)

1640s, from French mercantile (17c.), from Italian mercantile, from Medieval Latin mercantile, from Latin mercantem (nominative mercans) "a merchant," also "trading," present participle of mercari "to trade," from merx (see market (n.)). Mercantile system first appears in Adam Smith (1776).

中文词源

mercantile：商业的，贸易的

来自拉丁语mercari,交易，买卖，词源同market.引申词义商业的，贸易的。

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