Where does “merecido” come from?

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

merecido (Portuguese): deserved

Definitions

  1. deserved

Ancestry of “merecido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemerecerto merit; to deserve
2Vulgar Latinmerescere—
3Latinmereōto deserve, merit
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “merecido”

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