Proto-Italic

*mordeō

‘to bite’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *mordeō.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *mordeō, most familiar first.

• morse ← mors ← morsus ← mordeō
• remorse ← remors ← remors ← remorsus ← remordeō
• morsel ← morsellum ← morsum ← morsus ← mordeo
• mordant ← mordeō
• mordacious ← mordax ← mordeō
• mordente ← mordēns ← mordeō
• morsure ← morsūra ← mordeo
• mordacity ← mordacité ← mordācitās ← mordāx ← mordeō

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *mordeō