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English word commerce comes from Latin merx (Goods. Merchandise, commodity.), Latin com-
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merx (Latin)
Goods. Merchandise, commodity.
com- (Latin)
commercium (Latin)
(by extension) Intercourse, communication, correspondence, fellowship.. (metonymy) A place of trade; marketplace.. (metonymy) An article of trade; merchandise, wares.. (metonymy) The right to trade as a merchant, mercantile right.. Trade, traffic, commerce, exchange.
commerce (Middle French)
commerce (English)
(dated) To carry on trade; to traffic.. (dated) To hold intercourse; to commune. (business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.. A 19th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or [...]