almorzar
/almoɾˈθaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to eat lunch
🥪 almORZar shares a root with mORSel: both come from Latin mordere, to bite
Almorzar comes from Latin admordere, to bite into (ad + mordere). The noun is almuerzo, lunch. English morsel, a small bite, comes from the same root, so lunch is the midday bite. The o changes to ue when stressed: yo almuerzo.