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Where does “mordre” come from?

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

mordre (French): to bite; to encroach

Definitions

  1. to bite; to encroach

Ancestry of “mordre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmordreto bite
2Vulgar Latinmorderepresent active infinitive of mordeō;...
3Latinmordēre—

Words derived from “mordre”

  • mordent
  • démordre
  • mord
  • mordema
  • mordi
  • demordi
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