Where does “remora” come from?
remora (Cebuano) comes from English remora, from Latin remora, from Latin mōra, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
remora (Cebuano): a remora; any of various elongate brown fish from...
Definitions
- a remora; any of various elongate brown fish from...
Ancestry of “remora”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | remora | Any of various elongate fish from the family... |
| 2 | Latin | remora | delay, hindrance, passive resistance |
| 3 | Latin | mōra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |