English Explanatory Dictionary

merchantlike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Befitting a good merchant; fair, honest, above board.

Word forms

merchantlike more merchantlike most merchantlike

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English merchantlike From merchant + -like.

Synonyms

merchantly

Derived words

unmerchantlike
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