Reconstruction:Latin/dismerdare
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From dis- (privative suffix) + merda (“faeces”) + -āre (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 edit
Verb edit
*dismerdāre (Proto-Balkan-Romance)
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: diznjirdari, diznjirdare
- Romanian: dezmierda, desmierda, dizmierda
References edit
- dezmierda in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)