English → Latin
“mercantile” in Latin
The English word mercantile itself goes back to Latin mercāns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mercantile
mercatorius (Plaut., Bacch., 2, 3, 2): usually by the genitive, mercatoris (of a merchant), or mercatorum (of merchants).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mercantile?
- The usual Latin words for “mercantile” are mercātōrius, mercātor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.