Where does “benmeritare” come from?

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

benmeritare (Italian): to be worthy; to be meritorious

Definitions

  1. to be worthy; to be meritorious

Ancestry of “benmeritare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmeritareto deserve, merit; to be worth, to be worthing;...
2Latinmeritāre—
3Latinmeritusearned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
4Latinmereōto deserve, merit
5Proto-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 →