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Where does “mort” come from?

mort (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan mort, from Vulgar Latin mortus, from Latin mortuus, from Proto-Italic mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European mr̥twós, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mort (Catalan): death; dead person; a difficult problem one must...

Definitions

  1. death; dead person; a difficult problem one must...

Ancestry of “mort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanmort—
2Vulgar Latinmortus—
3Latinmortuusdead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,...
4Proto-Italicmortwos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥twós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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