Where does “rémora” come from?

rémora (Spanish) comes from Latin remora, from Latin mōra, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

rémora (Spanish): remora; burden, difficulty, hindrance

Definitions

  1. remora; burden, difficulty, hindrance

Ancestry of “rémora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinremoradelay, hindrance, passive resistance
2Latinmōradelay, or any duration of time
3Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “rémora”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- →Every word from Latin mōra →Every word from Latin remora →