Where does “amordazamiento” come from?

amordazamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish amordazar, from Spanish mordaza, from Vulgar Latin mordacia, from Latin mordax, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

amordazamiento (Spanish): gagging, muzzling

Definitions

  1. gagging, muzzling

Ancestry of “amordazamiento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishamordazarto gag
2Spanishmordazagag; clamp
3Vulgar Latinmordacianominative neuter plural of mordāx; accusative...
4Latinmordaxbiting; snappish; tart; cutting; caustic
5Latin-āxish, -y
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius