Where does “mortuary” come from?
Mortuary comes from Old French mortuarie, from Latin mortuarium, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root mer- meaning to die.
mortuary (English): of, or relating to death or a funeral; funereal;...
Definitions
- of, or relating to death or a funeral; funereal;...
Ancestry of “mortuary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | mortuarie | mortuary |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | mortuarium | receptacle for the dead; mortuary; A receptacle... |
| 3 | Latin | mortuus | dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | mortwos | dead |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥twós | dead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |