Latin origin
Source-reportedLearned borrowing from Latin Ēmerentia, feminine of Ēmerentius, from ēmereō (“to earn, merit, gain by service”).
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: EmerentiaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: EmerentiaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

