mercantile
adj.
1640s, from French mercantile (17c.), from Italian mercantile, from Medieval Latin mercantile, from Latin mercantem (nominative mercans) "a merchant," also "trading," present participle of mercari "to trade," from merx (see market, n.). Mercantile system first appears in Adam Smith (1776).
〔李〕[merc;-ant;-ilea.] a.商人的； 商业的； 重商主义的 ←merc,merch (L merx,mercis)=goods, wares 商品，货物