Where does “binemerita” come from?

binemerita (Romanian) comes from Romanian merita, from French mériter, from French mérite, from Latin meritum, from Latin meritus, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

binemerita (Romanian): to deserve

Definitions

  1. to deserve

Ancestry of “binemerita”, step by step

binemerita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian merita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmeritato deserve
2Frenchmériterto deserve, merit
3Frenchméritemerit; first-person singular present indicative...
4Latinmeritummerit, service, deserts; value, reward, benefit,...
5Latinmeritusearned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
6Latinmereōto deserve, merit
7Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

via Romanian bine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbinewell; handsome; good
2Latinbenewell; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably
3Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
4Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
5Proto-Italicdwenosgood
6Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer-Every word from Latin mereōEvery word from Latin meritus