Where does “mordiente” come from?

mordiente (Spanish) comes from Spanish morder, from Old Spanish morder.

mordiente (Spanish): mordant

Definitions

  1. mordant

Ancestry of “mordiente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmorderto bite, to nip; to gnaw; to grasp, to clutch
2Old Spanishmorder—
Every word from Old Spanish morder →Every word from Spanish morder →