Where does “mériter” come from?
mériter (French) comes from French mérite, from Latin meritum, from Latin meritus, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
mériter (French): to deserve, merit
Definitions
- to deserve, merit
Ancestry of “mériter”, step by step
mériter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French mérite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mérite | merit; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | meritum | merit, service, deserts; value, reward, benefit,... |
| 3 | Latin | meritus | earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,... |
| 4 | Latin | mereō | to deserve, merit |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |
via Latin meritāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | meritāre | — |