Merchant doesn't have a base word.
The word merchant is a second accented syllable word.
Merchant is a noun.
Merchant is a two syllable word. Mer-chant.
Yes, the noun 'merchant' is a common noun, a general word for a buyer and seller of goods for profit; a word for any merchant of any kind.
The merchant sold us olive oil.
Whether male or female they're both referred to as merchant because merchant is a unisex word.
The word merchant is spelled exactly how it sounds, mer-chant
Merchant
Buyer
Mercator.
the greek word for egg is: avgo