Where does “immortality” come from?
Immortality comes from Middle English immortalitee, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortalitas, formed from the Latin prefix in- and the suffix -tas, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European ne.
immortality (English): The condition of being immortal
Definitions
- The condition of being immortal
Ancestry of “immortality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | immortalitee | — |
| 2 | Old French | immortalité | — |
| 3 | Latin | immortalitas | immortality; divinity |
| 4 | Latin | immortālis | immortal, undying, not subject to death |
| 5 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |