Where does “merito” come from?

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

merito (Italian): deserved; deserving, worthy; merit

Definitions

  1. deserved; deserving, worthy; merit

Ancestry of “merito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmeritusearned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
2Latinmereōto deserve, merit
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “merito”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- →Every word from Latin mereō →Every word from Latin meritus →