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Where does “meriti” come from?

meriti (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...

meriti (Italian): plural masculine of merito; plural of merito;...

Definitions

  1. plural masculine of merito; plural of merito;...

Ancestry of “meriti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmeritareto deserve, merit; to be worth, to be worthing;...
2Latinmeritāre—
3Latinmeritusearned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
4Latinmereō—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
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