"commerce, trade" in seven languages

Meaningcommerce, trade

Spanish

comercio

/koˈmeɾθjo/

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Also 'a shop' in everyday Spanish.

French

commerce

/kɔmɛʁs/

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Also 'a shop' (un petit commerce).

Italian

commercio

/komˈmɛrtʃo/

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Portuguese

comércio

/koˈmɛhsju/

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Romanian

comerț

/koˈmerts/

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Catalan

comerç

/kuˈmɛɾs/

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English

commerce

/ˈkɑmɚs/

from Latin/French · French commerce, Latin COMMERCIUM

English → Italiancommerce, tradecommercioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

COMMERCIUM‘trade (CUM 'with' + MERX 'goods')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

COMMERCIUM is 'goods together'; MERX 'goods' also gave merchant and market. Spanish and French also use the word for a single shop.

English relatives: commercial, merchant, merchandise, market