Esperanto

Noun

merito ‎(accusative singular meriton, plural meritoj, accusative plural meritojn)

1. merit

Ido

Noun

merito (plural meriti)

1. merit

Italian

Etymology

From Latin meritum from merere.

Pronunciation

mèrito, /ˈmɛrito/

Noun

merito m ‎(plural meriti)

1. merit

Related terms

• in merito a
• meritamente
• meritare
• meritevole
• meritocrazia
• meritorio

Verb

merito

1. first-person singular present indicative of meritare

Anagrams

• morite, remoti, timore

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ri.toː/, [ˈmɛ.rɪ.toː]

Etymology 1

From the Old Latin meritod, mereto, meretod.

Adverb

meritō ‎(superlative meritissimō)

1. according to desert, deservedly, justly
2. with good reason, correctly, rightly, as a natural consequence

References

• mĕrĭtō¹ in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “1 mĕrĭtō”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 970/2.
• “meritō¹” on page 1,103 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

mereō ‎(“I earn”) +‎ -itō ‎(suffix forming frequentative verbs)

Verb

meritō ‎(present infinitive meritāre, perfect active meritāvī, supine meritātum); first conjugation

1. I earn a salary or regular wage
2. I serve as a soldier in exchange for a salary

Conjugation

References

• mĕrĭto² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• merito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “2 mĕrĭto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 970/2.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) I had not deserved it: nullo meo merito
    
  • (ambiguous) according to a man's deserts: ex, pro merito
    
  • (ambiguous) quite rightly: et recte (iure, merito)
    
• “meritō²” on page 1,103/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 3

Regularly declined forms of meritus.

Participle

meritō

1. inflection of meritus:
   1. dative masculine singular
   2. dative neuter singular
   3. ablative masculine singular
   4. ablative neuter plural

Spanish

Verb

merito

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of meritar.