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Latin
Etymology
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
Verb
*dismerdāre (Proto-Balkan-Romance)
- caress
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