Where does “mortificar” come from?

mortificar (Catalan) comes from Latin mortificō, from Latin mors, from Proto-Italic mortis, from Proto-Indo-European mértis, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mortificar (Catalan): to mortify

Definitions

  1. to mortify

Ancestry of “mortificar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmortificōto kill or mortify
2Latinmorsdeath; corpse; annihilation
3Proto-Italicmortisdeath
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmértisdeath
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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