Where does “remoră” come from?

remoră (Romanian) comes from Spanish rémora, from Latin remora, from Latin mōra, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

remoră (Romanian): remora

Definitions

  1. remora

Ancestry of “remoră”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishrémoraremora; burden, difficulty, hindrance
2Latinremoradelay, hindrance, passive resistance
3Latinmōradelay, or any duration of time
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...
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