− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French merite, from [[Latin]] meritum, from neuter of meritus, past participle of merēre to deserve, earn; akin to [[Greek]] meiresthai to receive as one's portion, meros part | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French merite, from [[Latin]] meritum, from neuter of meritus, past participle of merēre to deserve, earn; akin to [[Greek]] meiresthai to receive as one's portion, meros part |