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

Definitions

  1. to bite

Ancestry of “mordar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmordeōto bite (into); nibble, gnaw
2Proto-Italicmordeōto bite
3Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- →Every word from Proto-Italic mordeō →Every word from Latin mordeō →