Etymology

merchantlike

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Today it means: Befitting a good merchant; fair, honest, above board. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English merchant
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*merks
  2. Latinmerx
  3. Latinmercor
  4. Latinmercāns
  5. Anglo-Normanmarchaunt
  6. Middle Englishmarchaunt
  7. Englishmerchant
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. English todaymerchantlike

From merchant + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.