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Words with Elise: "Mercy"

Mercy has its roots in mercantile, or exchange.

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I want to talk about the word “mercy,” which etymologically is related to mercantile, really. It comes from that same Etruscan root tied to merchant, commerce, reward, wages, pay, and I think that’s so interesting because the suggestion is that it’s about an exchange. And in the case of mercy, it’s an energetic exchange, or really an exchange…

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