Where does “merda” come from?

merda (Italian) comes from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

merda (Italian): shit, crap

Definitions

  1. shit, crap

Ancestry of “merda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
2Proto-Italic(s)merdā
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench

Words derived from “merda

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂-