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

  1. a remora; any of various elongate brown fish from...

Ancestry of “remora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishremoraAny of various elongate fish from the family...
2Latinremoradelay, hindrance, passive resistance
3Latinmōradelay, or any duration of time
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- →Every word from Latin mōra →Every word from Latin remora →