English meretricious

← English merit (mention)

← English -trix (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (assign) (root)

← Latin meretrīcius (mention)

← Latin meretrīx (mention)

← Latin mereō (mention)

← Latin -trīx (mention)

→ English meretriciously (suffix)

→ English meretriciousness (suffix)

→ English unmeretricious (prefix)