Proto-Indo-European

*(s)merd-

‘to bite, to sting’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd-.

10 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd-, most familiar first.

• smart ← smerten ← *smeortan ← *smertan ← *smertaną
• remorse ← remors ← remors ← remorsus ← remordeō
• morsel ← morsellum ← morsum ← morsus ← mordeo
• smarting ← smertyng ← smeortung ← *smeortan ← *smertan
• mordant ← mordeō ← *mordeō ← *(s)mord-éye-ti
• morceau ← morsel ← morsellum ← morsum ← mordēre
• morcellate ← morceler ← morceau ← morceau ← morsel
• mordacious ← mordax ← mordeō ← *mordeō ← *(s)mord-éye-ti
• morcellement ← morceler ← morceau ← morceau ← morsel
• smerd ← смерд ← смръдъ ← *smьrdъ ← *smьrděti

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd-