adjective/meɾeθeˈdoɾ/
deserving
“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...
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mr̥-éh₁-yeti Proto-Italic *merējō Proto-Italic *merēō Latin merēre Vulgar Latin *merēscere Spanish merecer Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Spanish -dor Spanish merecedor From merecer + -dor.