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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
3Latinmōra—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
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