Where does “merite” come from?
merite (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman merit, from Old French merite, from Latin meritum, from Latin meritus, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
merite (Middle English): quality of person’s character or conduct...
Definitions
- quality of person’s character or conduct...
Ancestry of “merite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Anglo-Norman | merit | — |
| 2 | Old French | merite | merit |
| 3 | Latin | meritum | merit, service, deserts; value, reward, benefit,... |
| 4 | Latin | meritus | earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,... |
| 5 | Latin | mereō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |
Words derived from “merite”