Where does “rodent” come from?

rodent (Latin) comes from Latin rodo, from Proto-Indo-European rōd-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

rodent (Latin): third-person plural future active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of...

Ancestry of “rodent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrodoI gnaw, nibble, bite; eat or waste away, corrode,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrōd-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rōd- →Every word from Latin rodo →
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