Where does “merecer” come from?

merecer (Galician) comes from Vulgar Latin merescere, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

merecer (Galician): to deserve, to merit

Definitions

  1. to deserve, to merit

Ancestry of “merecer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmerescere
2Latinmereōto deserve, merit
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “merecer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer-Every word from Latin mereōEvery word from Vulgar Latin merescere