From French morceau, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum ("a bit, a little piece"), diminutive of Latin morsum ("a bit"), neuter of morsus, past participle of mordeo, from Proto-Indo-European *merÉ™- ("to rub, wipe; to pack, rob").
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