Etymology

neomercantilism

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Today it means: A modern economic policy that involves a return to the policies of mercantilism Full definition →

English mercantilism ← French mercantile ← Italian mercantile
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. Proto-Italic*merks
  8. Latinmerx
  9. Latinmercor
  10. Latinmercantem
  11. Italianmercante
  12. Italianmercantile
  13. Frenchmercantile
  14. Englishmercantile
  15. Englishmercantilism
  16. English todayneomercantilism

From neo- + mercantilism.

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