English meritorious

← Middle English meritorious (inherited)

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

← Latin meritōrius (derived)

← Latin meritus (mention)

← Latin mereō (mention)

→ English meritoriously (suffix)

→ English meritoriousness (suffix)

→ English unmeritorious (prefix)

→ English immeritorious (mention)

→ English nonmeritorious (prefix)