English · noun

merchant

‘one who trades’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
merchant
merchant
French
marchand
marchand
Hindi
व्यापारीvyāpārī
व्यापार+-ईagent
Telugu
వ్యాపారిvyāpāri
వ్యాపారి
Tamil
வணிகர்vaṇikar
வணிகர்

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  1. 01merchant is an English noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('one who trades') can be approximated as AGENT_OF(HAVE(DO, HAVE(SOMETHING))) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.3 steps
  3. 03merchant is borrowed from Old French marchant ‘merchant’ (confidence 0.90).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:merchant-of-en0.90
    • sourceoed0.90
  4. 04Aligned forms: French marchand (translation equivalent); Hindi व्यापारी (vyāpārī) (translation equivalent); Tamil வணிகர் (vaṇikar) (translation equivalent); Telugu వ్యాపారి (vyāpāri) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. marchantOld French— borrowed →merchant accepted
    oed0.90