morder
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to bite, to nip
- to gnaw
- to grasp, to clutch
- to wear away, to wear down
- to corrode (i.e. acid on metal)
- to criticize, to run down, to gossip about, to find fault with
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mordēre inherited from Proto-Italic *mordeō derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (sting, bite, burn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)merd-
Gloss
sting, bite, burn
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mordacious English
- smartphone English
- *mordere Latin
- *mordere, *mordĕre Latin
- mordeo Latin
- mordeō Latin
- mordēre Latin
- almohada Spanish, Castilian
- mordedor Spanish, Castilian
- mordedura Spanish, Castilian
- mordiente Spanish, Castilian
- muerdealmohadas Spanish, Castilian
- σμερδαλέος Ancient Greek
- σμερδνός Ancient Greek
- *(s)merd- Proto-Indo-European
- morder Portuguese
- *smartaz Proto-Germanic
- *smertaną Proto-Germanic
- morder Old Portuguese
- *mordeō Proto-Italic
- morder Asturian
- morde Papiamentu
- modrer Ladino
- morde Kabuverdianu
- murdi Guinea-Bissau Creole
- morde Chavacano