The story
- Latin · derived frommercātor“merchant”
- English todayMercator
From Gerardus Mercator, Latinized name of Gerard de Cremer (1512–1594), Flemish cartographer and mathematician, from Latin mercātor (“merchant”).
Words from the same roots
Latinmercātor all →
mercatorismMercator projection
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.