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
- remora; burden, difficulty, hindrance
Ancestry of “rémora”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | remora | delay, hindrance, passive resistance |
| 2 | Latin | mōra | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |