Where does “mortifiest” come from?
mortifiest (English) comes from English mortify, from Anglo-Norman mortifier, from Latin mortifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti — to do, put, place.
mortifiest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...
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Ancestry of “mortifiest”, step by step
mortifiest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mortify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mortify | To discipline by suppressing desires; to... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | mortifier | to kill; to render dead |
| 3 | Latin | mortifico | I kill or mortify; I destroy |
| 4 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 5 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English Est
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Est | established |
| 2 | Middle English | este | grace, est, favour; pleasure, enjoyment, fun;... |
| 3 | Old English | ēst | will, consent, favour, grace, liberality,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ansti | favour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | anstiz | favour, affection |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | unnaną | to grant, bestow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ān- | to notice; face, mouth |