Where does “meritar” come from?

meritar (Venetian) comes from Latin meritare, from Latin merito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

meritar (Venetian): to deserve or merit; to be worthy of

Definitions

  1. to deserve or merit; to be worthy of

Ancestry of “meritar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmeritarepresent active infinitive of meritō;...
2Latinmeritoaccording to desert, deservedly, justly,...
3Latin-tōForms here
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →