Where does “merite” come from?

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

merite (Old French): merit

Definitions

  1. merit

Ancestry of “merite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmeritummerit, service, deserts; value, reward, benefit,...
2Latinmeritusearned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
3Latinmereōto deserve, merit
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “merite”

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