Where does “merendar” come from?
merendar (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish merendar, from Late Latin merendo, from Latin merenda, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
merendar (Spanish): to have a snack, especially in the period between...
Definitions
- to have a snack, especially in the period between...
Ancestry of “merendar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Spanish | merendar | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | merendo | I take a late lunch; dative masculine singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | merenda | collation, light evening meal; a taste |
| 4 | Latin | mereō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |