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

Definitions

  1. to merit, earn, deserve

Ancestry of “meritar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmeritāre—
2Latinmeritusearned, deserved, obtained, due, proper, right,...
3Latinmereōto deserve, merit
4Proto-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 →