Morpheme
Merce
Type
bound base
Denotation
trade, commodity, goods, wares, pay, wages, reward
Etymology
(1) Latin mercis, from merx; (2) Middle English mercy, merci; Anglo-Norman merci; Latin mercēs, from merx; (3) Old French merci; Latin mercēdem, from mercēs, from merx
Evidence
amerce, amerceable, amerced, amercement, amercer, amerces, amercing, bemercy, commerce, commercial, mercantile, mercenary, mercer, merceress, mercers, mercership, mercied, mercies, merciful, mercify, merciless, merciness, mercy, mercying, nonmercy, unamerced, unmercied, unmercy
