Where does “morsegar” come from?

morsegar (Portuguese) comes from Latin morsicō, from Latin morsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

morsegar (Portuguese): pull (something) using the teeth

Definitions

  1. pull (something) using the teeth

Ancestry of “morsegar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmorsicōto bite
2Latinmorsusbitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-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 →
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