Where does “merèixer” come from?

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

merèixer (Catalan): to deserve, to merit; to be worth

Definitions

  1. to deserve, to merit; to be worth

Ancestry of “merèixer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmerescere—
2Latinmereōto deserve, merit
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “merèixer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- →Every word from Latin mereō →Every word from Vulgar Latin merescere →