Where does “mort” come from?
Mort comes from French mort, from Middle French mort, from Latin mors meaning death, from Proto-Indo-European mer-.
mort (English): Death; especially, the death of game in hunting;...
Definitions
- Death; especially, the death of game in hunting;...
Ancestry of “mort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mort | past participle of mourir; dead; death |
| 2 | Middle French | mort | death |
| 3 | Old French | mort | past participle of morir; dead; death |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | mortus | — |
| 5 | Latin | mortuus | dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | mortwos | dead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥twós | dead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |