Adjective: merecedor
Related verb: merecer
Hyphenation: me‧re‧ce‧dor
| Singular m. | merecedor |
| Singular f. | merecedora |
| Plural m. | merecedores |
| Plural f. | merecedoras |
Sample Sentences
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Los altos cielos que de vuestra divinidad divinamente con las estrellas os fortifican y os hacen merecedora del merecimiento que merece la vuestra grandeza... (The high heavens, that of your divinity divinely fortify you with the stars, render you deserving of the desert your greatness deserves...) [1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “{{{1}}}”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha [ The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha], Primera parte, Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de la Cuesta:]
Adjectives inflected like merecedor
ionizador,
renovador,
depurador,
sensor,
polarizador,
definidor,
emulador,
crispador,
superconductor,
activador,
aglutinador,
sellador,
bebedor,
adormecedor,
perfeccionador,
selector,
ensoñador,
derivador,
socializador,
arriesgador, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-
3. Proto-Indo-European *(s)mr̥-éh₁-yeti
4. Proto-Italic *merējō
5. Proto-Italic *merēō
6. Latin merēre
7. Vulgar Latin *merēscere
8. Spanish merecer
9. Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
10. Proto-Italic *-tōr
11. Latin -tor
12. Spanish -dor
13. Spanish merecedor
14. From merecer + -dor.
Translations