Where does “sordeō” come from?
sordeō (Latin) comes from Latin sordes, from Latin sordeo, from Proto-Italic swerdēō, from Proto-Indo-European swerd-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European swerd- — dirty, dark, black.
Ancestry of “sordeō”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sordes | dirt, filth, squalor; meanness, stinginess,... |
| 2 | Latin | sordeo | I am dirty, filthy or foul; I am mean or base; I... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | swerdēō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd- | dirty, dark, black |