Where does “morsellum” come from?

morsellum (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin morsum, from Latin morsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

morsellum (Medieval Latin): a bit, a little piece; a small piece

Definitions

  1. a bit, a little piece; a small piece

Ancestry of “morsellum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmorsuma piece, bit; accusative singular of morsus
2Latinmorsusbitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “morsellum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin morsus →