Where does “amorse” come from?
amorse (Old French) comes from Old French amordre, from Latin admordeo, from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.
Ancestry of “amorse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | amordre | to bite; to entice; to attract; to attach |
| 2 | Latin | admordeo | I bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of... |
| 3 | Latin | mordeō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | mordeō | to bite |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |
Words derived from “amorse”