Where does “demerit” come from?
Demerit comes from Old French desmerite, meaning to deserve badly or act unworthily.
demerit (English): A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a...
Definitions
- A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a...
Ancestry of “demerit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | démérite | first-person singular present indicative of... |
Words derived from “demerit”