Where does “morriña” come from?

morriña (Spanish) comes from Galician morriña, from Latin mori, from Latin morior, from Proto-Italic *moriōr — to die.

morriña (Spanish): homesickness, nostalgia; murrain

Definitions

  1. homesickness, nostalgia; murrain

Ancestry of “morriña”, step by step

morriña traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician morriña

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmorriñalonging; nostalgia; homesickness; murrain; grime
2Latinmoripresent active infinitive of morior; dative...
3LatinmoriorI die; I decay, wither
4Proto-Italic*moriōrto die

via Latin morī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmorī—
Every word from Proto-Italic *moriōr →Every word from Latin morior →Every word from Latin mori →