Where does “mierda” come from?

mierda (English) comes from Spanish mierda, from Old Spanish mierda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

mierda (English): shit

Definitions

  1. shit

Ancestry of “mierda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmierdashit; drunkenness; shit!
2Old Spanishmierdashit
3Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
4Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- →