Where does “Merida” come from?
Merida (Cebuano) comes from Spanish Mérida, from Latin ēmerita, from Latin emeritus, from Latin emereo, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
Ancestry of “Merida”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | Mérida | — |
| 2 | Latin | ēmerita | — |
| 3 | Latin | emeritus | earned, merited, having been earned; served,... |
| 4 | Latin | emereo | I earn, merit, gain by service; I serve out; I... |
| 5 | Latin | mereō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |