Where does “almuerzo” come from?

almuerzo (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin admordium, from Latin admordere, from Latin admordeo, from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.

almuerzo (Spanish): lunch

Definitions

  1. lunch

Ancestry of “almuerzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinadmordiumbreakfast
2Latinadmorderepresent active infinitive of admordeō;...
3LatinadmordeoI bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of...
4Latinmordeōto bite (into); nibble, gnaw
5Proto-Italicmordeōto bite
6Proto-Indo-European(s)merd-to bite, to sting

Words derived from “almuerzo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- →Every word from Proto-Italic mordeō →Every word from Latin mordeō →
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