Where does “meritare” come from?
meritare (Italian) comes from Latin meritāre, from Latin meritus, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
meritare (Italian): to deserve, merit; to be worth, to be worthing;...
Definitions
- to deserve, merit; to be worth, to be worthing;...
Ancestry of “meritare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | meritāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | meritus | earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,... |
| 3 | Latin | mereō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |
Words derived from “meritare”