noun, masculine/meɾeθiˈmjento/plural: merecimientos
merecimiento is masculine in Spanish.
merit, desert (that which is deserved)
“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 Spanish merecer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Late Latin -mentum Old Spanish -miento Spanish -miento Spanish merecimiento From merecer (“to deserve”) + -miento.