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
- present active infinitive of morsicō
Ancestry of “morsicare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | morsico | I bite; I press my lips together |
| 2 | Latin | morsus | bitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “morsicare”