Where does “mordendus” come from?

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

mordendus (Latin): which is to be gnawed, stung, eroded

Definitions

  1. which is to be gnawed, stung, eroded

Ancestry of “mordendus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmordeoto bite (into); nibble, gnaw
2Proto-Italicmordeōto bite
3Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- →Every word from Proto-Italic mordeō →Every word from Latin mordeo →