English
Mercator projection
Mercator projection comes from Latin mercātor ‘merchant’, from mercor ‘trade, deal in goods’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *merks.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*merksreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmerx‘merchandise, commodity’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmercor‘trade, deal in goods’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmercātor‘merchant’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018Mercator projection
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*merksreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmerx‘merchandise, commodity’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmercor‘trade, deal in goods’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmercātor‘merchant’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018Mercator projection
Earliest quotation: 2018, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton: “In the Mercator projection, the line of intersection between…”
Linked words
through Latin merx ‘merchandise, commodity’
commercial, commerce, mercy, mercer, mercenary, merci, 17 more
through Latin mercor ‘trade, deal in goods’
market, merchant, merchandise, mercantile, mercantilism, 16 more
Today it means
noun An orthomorphic map projection, in which meridians appear at right-angles to the equator, and lines of latitude are horizontal lines whose distance from each other increases with distance from the equator.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *merks / Mercator projection