Where does “merecido” come from?

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

merecido (Galician): deserved

Definitions

  1. deserved

Ancestry of “merecido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmerecerto deserve, to merit
2Vulgar Latinmerescere
3Latinmereōto deserve, merit
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “merecido

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