Where does “merecimento” come from?

merecimento (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...

merecimento (Portuguese): merit, desert that which is deserved

Definitions

  1. merit, desert that which is deserved

Ancestry of “merecimento”, 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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- →Every word from Latin mereō →Every word from Vulgar Latin merescere →