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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...
2Latinmordeō—
3Proto-Italicmordeōto bite
4Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “amordre”

  • amorce
  • amorcer
  • photoamorceur
  • photoamorcer
  • amorceur
  • amorçage
  • amorse
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