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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

  1. to have a snack, especially in the period between...

Ancestry of “merendar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishmerendar—
2Late LatinmerendoI take a late lunch; dative masculine singular of...
3Latinmerendacollation, light evening meal; a taste
4Latinmereō—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
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