Where does “morder” come from?

morder (Asturian) comes from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.

morder (Asturian): to bite

Definitions

  1. to bite

Ancestry of “morder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmordeōto bite (into); nibble, gnaw
2Proto-Italicmordeōto bite
3Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- →Every word from Proto-Italic mordeō →Every word from Latin mordeō →