Where does “mordens” come from?

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

mordens (Latin): gnawing, stinging, eroding

Definitions

  1. gnawing, stinging, eroding

Ancestry of “mordens”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mordens”

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