Where does “Morse” come from?

Morse (English) comes from Middle French mors, from Latin morsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Morse (English): Clipping of Morse code; To transmit by Morse code

Definitions

  1. Clipping of Morse code; To transmit by Morse code

Ancestry of “Morse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmorsplural of mort
2Latinmorsusbitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Morse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin morsus →