Where does “merda” come from?

merda (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto merdo, 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.

merda (Esperanto): shitty

Definitions

  1. shitty

Ancestry of “merda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomerdoexcrement, shit
2Frenchmerdeshit!, crap!; break a leg!; turd, piece of feces,...
3Middle Frenchmerdeshit
4Old Frenchmerdeshit
5Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
6Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- →
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