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Where does “meritandus” come from?

meritandus (Latin) comes from Latin merito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Definitions

Ancestry of “meritandus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmeritoaccording to desert, deservedly, justly,...
2Latin-tō—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →