Where does “admordeo” come from?

admordeo (Latin) comes from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.

admordeo (Latin): I bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of...

Definitions

  1. I bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of...

Ancestry of “admordeo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmordeōto bite (into); nibble, gnaw
2Proto-Italicmordeōto bite
3Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “admordeo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- →Every word from Proto-Italic mordeō →Every word from Latin mordeō →