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Where does “mordeō” come from?

mordeō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.

mordeō (Proto-Italic): to bite

Definitions

  1. to bite

Ancestry of “mordeō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “mordeō”

  • muzzle
  • morsel
  • mussel
  • mordant
  • Musselburgh
  • besmirch
  • morse
  • smirch
  • muzzleloader
  • muzzleloading
  • mordantly
  • morcellation
  • museau
  • morsure
  • unmuzzle
  • morcellator
  • mordacious
  • besmirchment
  • morcellate
  • muzle
  • muzzlelike
  • morselize
  • muzzler
  • besmircher
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