Where does “merecimiento” come from?

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

merecimiento (Spanish): merit, desert that which is deserved

Definitions

merit, desert that which is deserved

Ancestry of “merecimiento”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	merecer	to deserve
2	Vulgar Latin	merescere	—
3	Latin	mereō	to deserve, merit
4	Proto-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 →