English
Meritage
Trademarked marketing coinage.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- ‘to allot, assign’
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Latin meritus ‘deserved, earned, obtained’
Latin meritum ‘that which one deserves, deserts’
Anglo-Norman merit
Middle English merit
English merit
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave behind, abandon’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- ‘derelict’
Latin hērēs ‘heir, heiress’
Old French eritage
Middle English heritage
English heritage
The story
Trademarked marketing coinage.
Today it means
noun A red or white Bordeaux-style wine, usually from the United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Meritage