Where does “merda” come from?

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

merda (Latin): dung, excrement, shit

Definitions

  1. dung, excrement, shit

Ancestry of “merda”, step by step

merda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic (s)merdā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench

via Proto-Indo-European (s)merd-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “merda”

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