Where does “mertâ” come from?

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

mertâ (Friulian): to deserve, merit

Definitions

to deserve, merit

Ancestry of “mertâ”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	meritāre	—
2	Latin	meritus	earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
3	Latin	mereō	to deserve, merit
4	Proto-Indo-European	(s)mer-	to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

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