Where does “meritoriamente” come from?
meritoriamente (Italian) comes from Italian meritorio, from Latin meritōrius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
meritoriamente (Italian): deservingly, meritoriously
Definitions
- deservingly, meritoriously
Ancestry of “meritoriamente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | meritorio | deserving, meritorious |
| 2 | Latin | meritōrius | Of or pertaining to the earning of money, by which money is earned, for which money is paid; hired; meritorious |
| 3 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |