Where does “almuwerso” come from?
almuwerso (Tagalog) comes from Spanish almuerzo, from Vulgar Latin admordium, from Latin admordere, from Latin admordeo, from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)merd- — to bite, to sting.
almuwerso (Tagalog): breakfast
Definitions
- breakfast
Ancestry of “almuwerso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | almuerzo | lunch |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | admordium | breakfast |
| 3 | Latin | admordere | present active infinitive of admordeō;... |
| 4 | Latin | admordeo | I bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of... |
| 5 | Latin | mordeō | to bite (into); nibble, gnaw |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | mordeō | to bite |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |