Where does “mordar” come from?
mordar (Ido) comes from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.
mordar (Ido): to bite
Ancestry of “mordar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | mordeō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | mordeō | to bite |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |