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
Ancestry of “almuerzo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | admordium | breakfast |
| 2 | Latin | admordere | present active infinitive of admordeō;... |
| 3 | Latin | admordeo | I bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of... |
| 4 | Latin | mordeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | mordeō | to bite |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |
Words derived from “almuerzo”