Where does “mordaça” come from?
mordaça (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin mordacia, from Latin mordax, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
mordaça (Portuguese): gag object placed in someone’s mouth to prevent them from speaking and biting
Definitions
- gag object placed in someone’s mouth to prevent them from speaking and biting
Ancestry of “mordaça”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | mordacia | nominative neuter plural of mordāx; accusative... |
| 2 | Latin | mordax | biting; snappish; tart; cutting; caustic |
| 3 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |