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Where does “merenda” come from?

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

Ancestry of “merenda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmerendacollation, light evening meal; a taste
2Latinmereō—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “merenda”

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