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common
/komeɾˈθjante/
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Translation
merchant, trader
Word origin
From comerciar ('to trade'), from Latin commercium ('trade, commerce'), formed from com ('together') and merx ('goods, merchandise'). The same root gives English 'commerce' and 'merchant'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- commercium
- English cognates
- commerce, merchant
Grammar
Gendercommon
Pluralcomerciantes
Examples
.
The merchant sells fruit at the market.
respetado.
Her father was a very respected trader.
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The traders closed their shops because of the strike.
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The trader offers good prices to her customers.
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An honest merchant always keeps his word.
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