Etymology

winemerchant

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Today it means: Someone who sells wine. Full definition →

English merchant ← Middle English marchaunt ← Anglo-Norman marchaunt
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁ō
  3. Proto-Italic*wīnom
  4. Latinvīnum
  5. Proto-Germanic*wīną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*wīn
  7. Old Englishwīn
  8. Middle Englishwyn
  9. Englishwine
  10. Proto-Italic*merks
  11. Latinmerx
  12. Latinmercor
  13. Latinmercāns
  14. Anglo-Normanmarchaunt
  15. Middle Englishmarchaunt
  16. Englishmerchant
  17. English todaywinemerchant

From wine + merchant.

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