Where does “mursecătură” come from?
mursecătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian murseca, from Latin morsicō, from Latin morsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
mursecătură (Romanian): animal bite
Definitions
- animal bite
Ancestry of “mursecătură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | murseca | to bite and break with the teeth, crush the bones of, munch, mangle |
| 2 | Latin | morsicō | to bite |
| 3 | Latin | morsus | bitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |