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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: amerce/commerce #94844 02/07/2003 2:30 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky The -merce in commerce is from the Latin for merchandise the -merce in amerce is from the Latin for wages Hey, that's cool! (And now we know what poor people mean when they cry Lord, amerce...) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted amerce/fines Wordwind 02/07/2003 10:50 AM Re: amerce/fines Faldage 02/07/2003 10:55 AM Re: amerce/fines Buffalo Shrdlu 02/07/2003 2:01 PM Re: amerce/commerce Faldage 02/07/2003 2:27 PM Re: amerce/commerce Jackie 02/07/2003 2:30 PM Re: amerce/commerce Faldage 02/07/2003 2:34 PM Re: amerce/fines wwh 02/07/2003 2:48 PM Re: amerce/fines Wordwind 02/07/2003 3:03 PM Re: amerce/fines wwh 02/07/2003 7:36 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,586 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,378 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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