Reconstruction:Latin/dismerdo

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From dis- (privative suffix) +‎ merda (“faeces”) +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix). The etymological sense, therefore, appears to be "remove faeces from", which would have shifted to the sense below in the context of caring for infants.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dezˈmjerdu/

Verb

*dismerdō (infinitive *dismerdāre, first-person singular preterite *dismerdāvī, past participle *dismerdātum) (Proto-Balkan-Romance)

caress

Descendants

Aromanian: diznjerdu, disnjerdu, disnjierdu
Romanian: dezmierda, desmierda, dizmierda

References

dezmierda in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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