Where does “merda” come from?

merda (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

Ancestry of “merda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
2Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench

Words derived from “merda”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic (s)merdā →Every word from Latin merda →