Where does “remora” come from?

remora (English) comes from Latin remora, from Latin mōra, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

remora (English): Any of various elongate fish from the family...

Definitions

  1. Any of various elongate fish from the family...

Ancestry of “remora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinremoradelay, hindrance, passive resistance
2Latinmōradelay, or any duration of time
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “remora”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- →Every word from Latin mōra →Every word from Latin remora →