Where does “unmeritorious” come from?
unmeritorious (English) comes from English meritorious, from Middle English meritorious, from Latin meritorius, from Latin -torius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
unmeritorious (English): Not meritorious; without merit
Definitions
- Not meritorious; without merit
Ancestry of “unmeritorious”, step by step
unmeritorious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meritorious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meritorious | Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving... |
| 2 | Middle English | meritorious | — |
| 3 | Latin | meritorius | Of or pertaining to the earning of money, by... |
| 4 | Latin | -torius | -ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |