Where does “merita” come from?

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

merita (Latin): nominative feminine singular of meritus;...

Definitions

  1. nominative feminine singular of meritus;...

Ancestry of “merita”, 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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- →Every word from Latin mereō →Every word from Latin meritus →