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Where does “mordacitas” come from?

mordacitas (Latin) comes from Latin mordax, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “mordacitas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmordaxbiting; snappish; tart; cutting; caustic
2Latin-āx—
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “mordacitas”

  • mordacity
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