English

immerit

From im- + merit.

Formed from in- + merit

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

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

Today it means

noun Lack of worth; demerit.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.