Where does “mortiferousness” come from?
mortiferousness (English) comes from English mortiferous, 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.
mortiferousness (English): The quality of being mortiferous
Definitions
- The quality of being mortiferous
Ancestry of “mortiferousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mortiferous | Causing spiritual death; Causing physical death;... |
| 2 | Latin | mortifer | deadly, fatal, lethal |
| 3 | Latin | mortiferus | Alternative form of mortifer |
| 4 | Latin | mors | death; corpse; annihilation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | mortis | death |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mértis | death |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |