Where does “amordre” come from?

amordre (Old French) comes from Latin admordeo, from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.

amordre (Old French): to bite; to entice; to attract; to attach

Definitions

  1. to bite; to entice; to attract; to attach

Ancestry of “amordre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinadmordeoI bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of...
2Latinmordeōto bite (into); nibble, gnaw
3Proto-Italicmordeōto bite
4Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “amordre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- →Every word from Proto-Italic mordeō →Every word from Latin mordeō →