Where does “almorço” come from?

almorço (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin admordium, from Latin admordere, from Latin admordeo, from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.

Ancestry of “almorço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinadmordiumbreakfast
2Latinadmorderepresent active infinitive of admordeō;...
3LatinadmordeoI bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of...
4Latinmordeōto bite (into); nibble, gnaw
5Proto-Italicmordeōto bite
6Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “almorço”

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