mercantilist
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercantem Italian mercante Latin -īlemder. Italian -ile Italian mercantilebor. French mercantilebor. English mercantile Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English mercantilist From mercantile + -ist.
- derived from -istebor
- derived from -istader
- derived from mercantilebor
- derived from -ile Italian mercantilebor
Definitions
Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
One who believes in mercantilism.
- On this point there was no difference between mercantilists and feudalists, between crowned planners and vested interests, between centralizing bureaucrats and conservative particularists.
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No curated loop yet for mercantilist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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