Where does “mord” come from?

mord (French) comes from French mordre, from Old French mordre, from Vulgar Latin mordere, from Latin mordēre.

mord (French): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “mord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmordreto bite; to encroach
2Old Frenchmordreto bite
3Vulgar Latinmorderepresent active infinitive of mordeō;...
4Latinmordēre
Every word from Latin mordēreEvery word from Vulgar Latin mordereEvery word from Old French mordre
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