English → Latin
“merchandise” in Latin
mercorto trade, deal, sellmercātiōa dealing in wares, a tradingnegōtiumbusiness, employment, occupation, affair; difficulty, pains, trouble, labor; matter, thing (= πρᾶγμα (prâgma))commerciumTrade, traffic, commerce, exchange.; Intercourse, communication, correspondence, fellowship.; The right to trade as a memerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
The English word merchandise itself goes back to Latin merx, through mercātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
merchandise
mercatura (especially, wholesale dealings; trade of a merchant who goes to sea): mercatio (a buying and selling, Gell., 3, 3): negotium, or plur. negotia (business which one follows, especially of a money-lender or corn-merchant): commercium (commerce, traffic); article of merchandise, merx (goods): res venales (things for sale): to be an article of merchandise, in merce esse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for merchandise?
- The usual Latin words for “merchandise” are mercor, mercātiō, negōtium; also commercium, merx. 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.