Where does “merita” come from?
merita (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...
merita (Italian): singular feminine of merito; third-person...
Definitions
- singular feminine of merito; third-person...
Ancestry of “merita”, step by step
merita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian meritare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to deserve, merit |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |
via Italian merito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | merito | deserved; deserving, worthy; merit |