Where does “mert” come from?

mert (Friulian) comes from Latin meritum, from Latin meritus, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

mert (Friulian): merit

Definitions

  1. merit

Ancestry of “mert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmeritummerit, service, deserts; value, reward, benefit,...
2Latinmeritusearned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
3Latinmereōto deserve, merit
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
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