Where does “meritar” come from?
meritar (Spanish) comes from Latin meritāre, from Latin meritus, from Latin mereō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
meritar (Spanish): to merit, earn, deserve
Ancestry of “meritar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | meritāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | meritus | earned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,... |
| 3 | Latin | mereō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |