Where does “morriña” come from?

morriña (Galician) comes from Latin mori, from Latin morior, from Proto-Italic *moriōr — to die.

morriña (Galician): longing; nostalgia; homesickness; murrain; grime

Definitions

  1. longing; nostalgia; homesickness; murrain; grime

Ancestry of “morriña”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmoripresent active infinitive of morior; dative...
2LatinmoriorI die; I decay, wither
3Proto-Italic*moriōrto die

Words derived from “morriña”

Every word from Proto-Italic *moriōr →Every word from Latin morior →Every word from Latin mori →