Where does “mierda” come from?

mierda (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish mierda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

mierda (Spanish): shit; drunkenness; shit!

Definitions

  1. shit; drunkenness; shit!

Ancestry of “mierda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishmierdashit
2Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
3Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench

Words derived from “mierda”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- →