Where does “mordeō” come from?

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

mordeō (Latin): to bite (into); nibble, gnaw

Definitions

  1. to bite (into); nibble, gnaw

Ancestry of “mordeō”, step by step

mordeō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic mordeō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmordeōto bite
2Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

via Proto-Indo-European merə-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmerə-to rub, wipe; to pack, rob

Words derived from “mordeō”

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