remora

noun

marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

Roots

rere- · Latin · back moramora- · Latin · delay

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Where does remora come from?

The word remora breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and mora, from Latin mora (“delay”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.