Where does “mursagà” come from?

mursagà (Istriot) comes from Latin morsicō, from Latin morsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

mursagà (Istriot): to bite

Definitions

  1. to bite

Ancestry of “mursagà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmorsicōto bite
2Latinmorsusbitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin morsus