Use your dictionary to find the language from which the following word traces its earliest origin. mercy

Mercy in the English language comes from Old French.  The Old French word 'merci' meant pity.  The word 'merci' comes from the Latin word, "merces" and "mercede".  Those words meant reward, or pity.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.