mercancía

/meɾkanˈθia/ · B1 · noun · f

merchandise

mercancía — merchandise

📦🛒 merc- as in merchant, market, commerce: what a merchant sells

It comes from Latin merx, meaning goods for sale, through Italian mercatanzia. English took the same root for merchant, market and commerce. Say it as mer-kan-THEE-a: mercancía is the merchant's stock.

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