Where does “mèrit” come from?

mèrit (Catalan) comes from Latin meritum, from Latin meritus, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

mèrit (Catalan): merit, worth

Definitions

merit, worth

Ancestry of “mèrit”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	meritum	merit, service, deserts; value, reward, benefit,...
2	Latin	meritus	earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
3	Latin	mereō	to deserve, merit
4	Proto-Indo-European	(s)mer-	to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

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