Where does “mordiller” come from?

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

mordiller (French): to chew (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)

Definitions

  1. to chew (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)

Ancestry of “mordiller”, step by step

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