Where does “esmorcher” come from?

esmorcher (Old French) comes from Latin morsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

esmorcher (Old French): to torture

Definitions

  1. to torture

Ancestry of “esmorcher”, step by step

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