Where does “merito” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “merito”, step by step

merito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mereō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmereōto deserve, merit
2Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

via Old Latin meritod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Latinmeritod—

Words derived from “merito”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- →Every word from Latin mereō →