< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/dismerdo
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)