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French word mercredi comes from Latin merere, Latin dies, and later Latin merx (Goods. Merchandise, commodity.)
merere (Latin)
dies (Latin)
(often in the feminine) A set day: a date, an appointment.. A day, particularly:. A solar or sidereal day of about 24 hours, especially (historical) Roman dates reckoned from one midnight to the next.. Daytime: a period of light between sunrise and sunset.
merx (Latin)
Goods. Merchandise, commodity.
Mercurius (Latin)
Mercury; a Roman god associated with speed and trade; sometimes used as a messenger of the Gods, wearing winged sandals. Mercury was equated with the Greek god Hermes and many other Ancient divinities.
dies Mercurii (Latin)
Wednesday.
mercredi (Old French)
mercredi (French)
Wednesday.