a female given name, equivalent to English Mercy (Mary, Our Lady of Mercy) · Mercedes (a city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina). · Mercedes (a city, the capital of Mercedes department, Corrientes province, Argentina).
köken: From mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy".
verbal noun of elnéz, the act of looking away · leniency, forgiveness, allowance · the act of overlooking, seeing something incorrectly by mistake (i.e. "mis-looking" or "misseeing")
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mh₂isros? Proto-Italic *misseros Latin miser Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d- Proto-Italic *kord Latin cor Latin misericors Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin misericordia From misericors (“pitiful, compassionate, merciful”) + -ia.
Sīc enim iam tēcum loquar, nōn ut odiō permōtus esse videar — quō dēbeō — sed ut misericordiā, quae tibi nūlla dēbētur.