Where does “meritare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “meritare”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	meritus	earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
2	Latin	mereō	—
3	Proto-Indo-European	(s)mer-	to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

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