Reconstruction:Latin/dismerdare
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
edit*dismerdāre (Proto-Balkan-Romance)
Descendants
edit- Aromanian: diznjirdari, diznjirdare
- Romanian: dezmierda, desmierda, dizmierda — regional
References
edit- dezmierda in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)