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.

Mordent (German): mordent

Definitions

  1. mordent

Ancestry of “Mordent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmordentepresent participle of mordere; biting; mordant,...
2Latinmordensgnawing, stinging, eroding
3Latinmordeoto bite (into); nibble, gnaw
4Proto-Italicmordeōto bite
5Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “Mordent”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- →Every word from Proto-Italic mordeō →Every word from Latin mordeo →
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