Where does “emerit” come from?

emerit (Romanian) comes from French émérite, from Latin emeritus, from Latin emereo, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

emerit (Romanian): emeritus; skilled, experienced

Definitions

  1. emeritus; skilled, experienced

Ancestry of “emerit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchémériteemeritus
2Latinemeritusearned, merited, having been earned; served,...
3LatinemereoI earn, merit, gain by service; I serve out; I...
4Latinmereōto deserve, merit
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “emerit”

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