Words that come from Proto-Italic “mordeō”

194 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Italic mordeō — including muzzle, morsel, mussel, mordant, Musselburgh, besmirch, morse, smirch.

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Latin (48)

English (41)

French (26)

Italian (18)

Spanish (11)

Translingual (7)

Old French (7)

Portuguese (5)

Middle French (3)

Catalan (3)

Esperanto (3)

Norman (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Middle English (2)

Late Latin (2)

Medieval Latin (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Asturian (1)

Galician (1)

Sicilian (1)

Tarantino (1)

Friulian (1)

Ido (1)

Haitian Creole (1)