Where does “merecer” come from?

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

merecer (Portuguese): to merit; to deserve

Definitions

  1. to merit; to deserve

Ancestry of “merecer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmerescere—
2Latinmereōto deserve, merit
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “merecer”

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