Where does “morso” come from?

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

morso (Italian): bite; bit; nibble

Definitions

  1. bite; bit; nibble

Ancestry of “morso”, step by step

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

Words derived from “morso”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin morsus →