morder
/moɾˈdeɾ/ · B1 · verb
to bite, nip
🦷🐕 A morsel is a bite: both come from Latin mordere, to bite
Latin mordere (to bite) gave English morsel (a little bite), mordant (biting wit) and remorse (guilt that bites back). Spanish morder keeps the original sense, and it stem-changes o to ue: muerdo, I bite.