Where does “mortíferu” come from?

mortíferu (Asturian) comes from Latin mortifer, from Latin mortiferus, from Latin mors, from Proto-Italic mortis, from Proto-Indo-European mértis, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mortíferu (Asturian): deadly

Definitions

  1. deadly

Ancestry of “mortíferu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmortiferdeadly, fatal, lethal
2LatinmortiferusAlternative form of mortifer
3Latinmorsdeath; corpse; annihilation
4Proto-Italicmortisdeath
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmértisdeath
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mértis →Every word from Proto-Italic mortis →