Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

If the form without the initial vowel is secondary, the root may have been Proto-Indo-European *h₂merd-, which is cognate with Sanskrit मृद्नाति (mṛdnāti, to pound, triturate), Latin mordeō (I bite) and Proto-Germanic *smertaną (to hurt).

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Verb edit

ἀμέρδω (amérdō)

  1. to deprive, bereave one of something

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