Where does “mordax” come from?

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

mordax (Latin): biting; snappish; tart; cutting; caustic

Definitions

  1. biting; snappish; tart; cutting; caustic

Ancestry of “mordax”, step by step

mordax traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mordeō

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

via Latin mordēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmordēre—

Words derived from “mordax”

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