Where does “ameritar” come from?

ameritar (Spanish) comes from Spanish mérito, from Latin meritum, from Latin meritus, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

ameritar (Spanish): to merit, to deserve

Definitions

  1. to merit, to deserve

Ancestry of “ameritar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishméritoworthy; merit
2Latinmeritummerit, service, deserts; value, reward, benefit,...
3Latinmeritusearned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
4Latinmereōto deserve, merit
5Proto-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 Latin meritus →