Where does “morsicare” come from?

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

morsicare (Late Latin): present active infinitive of morsicō

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of morsicō

Ancestry of “morsicare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmorsicoI bite; I press my lips together
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 -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin morsus →