merchandise
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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merchandise † exchange of commodities; commodities of commerce. XIII. ME.
marchaundise,
mercandise — (O)F.
marchandise, dial. †
marcandise, f.
marchand +
-ise, repr. L.
-ītia.
So
merchant XIII. ME.
marchand,
-aunt — (O)F.
marchand, †
march(e)ant :- Rom. *
mercātante, sb. use of prp. of *
mercātāre, f.
mercārī,
mercāt-, f.
merx,
merc- merchandise, whence also
Mercurius (see
MERCURY).
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