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Where does “meritus” come from?

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

meritus (Latin): earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...

Definitions

  1. earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...

Ancestry of “meritus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “meritus”

  • merit
  • meritorious
  • meritocracy
  • meritoriously
  • meritless
  • unmeritorious
  • meritoriousness
  • nonmeritorious
  • meriter
  • meriteth
  • meritest
  • meritable
  • unmeritable
  • meritory
  • meritious
  • meritlessness
  • immeritous
  • meritlessly
  • antimeritocracy
  • premerit
  • overmerit
  • immerit
  • immeritorious
  • meritmonger
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