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
Ancestry of “mordre”, step by step
mordre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French mordre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | mordre | to bite |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | mordere | present active infinitive of mordeō;... |
| 3 | Latin | mordēre | — |
via Latin mordeō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | mordeō | to bite (into); nibble, gnaw |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | mordeō | to bite |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |
Words derived from “mordre”