LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird-declension one-termination participle

mercāns

mercāns (genitive mercantis)

Meaning

  1. one terminationparticipletrading

mercans, antis, Part. and
I. subst., v. mercor.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*merks
  2. Latinmercāns

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin mercor Latin mercāns Present participle of mercor.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesemercante
  • Spanishmercante
Italo-Romance
  • Italianmercante

Quick answers

What does mercāns mean in Latin?
mercāns, a verb, means “trading”.
What are the principal parts of mercāns?
mercāns, mercantis (third-declension one-termination participle).
Where does mercāns come from?
Proto-Italic *merks → Latin mercāns.