Where does “meritum” come from?

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

meritum (Latin): merit, service, deserts; value, reward, benefit,...

Definitions

  1. merit, service, deserts; value, reward, benefit,...

Ancestry of “meritum”, 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...

Words derived from “meritum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer-
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