Where does “merde” come from?

merde (Alemannic German) comes from Italian merda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

merde (Alemannic German): shit!, crap!

Definitions

  1. shit!, crap!

Ancestry of “merde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmerdashit, crap
2Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
3Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic (s)merdā →Every word from Latin merda →
merde — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer