Where does “merde” come from?

merde (Middle French) comes from Old French merde, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

merde (Middle French): shit

Definitions

  1. shit

Ancestry of “merde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmerdeshit
2Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
3Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench

Words derived from “merde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic (s)merdā →Every word from Latin merda →