Where does “Mordent” come from?
Mordent (German) comes from Italian mordente, from Latin mordens, from Latin mordeo, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.
Ancestry of “Mordent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | mordente | present participle of mordere; biting; mordant,... |
| 2 | Latin | mordens | gnawing, stinging, eroding |
| 3 | Latin | mordeo | I bite ; nibble, gnaw; I nip, sting; I eat,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | mordeō | to bite |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |
Words derived from “Mordent”