Etymology

merci

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Today it means: Thank you. Full definition →

French merci
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  1. French · borrowed frommerci“thank you”
  2. English todaymerci

Borrowed from French merci (“thank you”). Doublet of mercy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.