Where does “émérite” come from?

émérite (French) comes from Latin emeritus, from Latin emereo, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

émérite (French): emeritus

Definitions

  1. emeritus

Ancestry of “émérite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinemeritusearned, merited, having been earned; served,...
2LatinemereoI earn, merit, gain by service; I serve out; I...
3Latinmereōto deserve, merit
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “émérite”

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