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Where does “merito” come from?

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

merito (Latin): according to desert, deservedly, justly,...

Definitions

  1. according to desert, deservedly, justly,...

Ancestry of “merito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tō—
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “merito”

  • meritandus
  • meritatus
  • meritato
  • meritare
  • meritans
  • meritaturus
  • meritar
  • merito
  • strameritato
  • meritato
  • merita
  • meritare
  • meritoso
  • meritevolmente
  • meriti
  • rimeritare
  • rimeritabile
  • meritevole
  • benemeritare
  • benmeritare
  • merto
  • meritar
  • mertâ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →