Where does “amorcé” come from?
amorcé (French) comes from Old French amorse, from Old French amordre, from Latin admordeo, from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.
amorcé (French): past participle of amorcer; primed
Definitions
- past participle of amorcer; primed
Ancestry of “amorcé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | amorse | — |
| 2 | Old French | amordre | to bite; to entice; to attract; to attach |
| 3 | Latin | admordeo | I bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of... |
| 4 | Latin | mordeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | mordeō | to bite |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |
Words derived from “amorcé”