Where does “merd” come from?

merd (English) comes from French merde, from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

merd (English): Ordure; dung

Definitions

  1. Ordure; dung

Ancestry of “merd”, step by step

merd traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French merde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmerdeshit!, crap!; break a leg!; turd, piece of feces,...
2Middle Frenchmerdeshit
3Old Frenchmerdeshit
4Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
5Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench

via Proto-Iranian mr̥táh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianmr̥táh—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmr̥tásdead; mortal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥tósdead; mortal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Hungarian mér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmérto measure, gauge, weigh, clock, time; to strike...
2Hungarian-sAdded to a noun to form an adjective meaning...

Words derived from “merd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- →