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
- to be worthy; to be meritorious
Ancestry of “benmeritare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | meritare | to deserve, merit; to be worth, to be worthing;... |
| 2 | Latin | meritāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | meritus | earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,... |
| 4 | Latin | mereō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |