Where does “morōsus” come from?

morōsus (Latin) comes from Latin mōs, from Proto-Italic *mōs.

morōsus (Latin): captious, persnickety, fastidious, difficult (to please)

Definitions

  1. captious, persnickety, fastidious, difficult (to please)

Ancestry of “morōsus”, step by step

morōsus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mōs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmōsway or manner; behavior; conduct
2Proto-Italic*mōs—

via Latin mōra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmōradelay, or any duration of time
2Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “morōsus”

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