Where does “natimortality” come from?
natimortality (English) comes from English mortality, from Old French mortalité, from Latin mortalitas, from Latin mortālis, from Latin mors, from Proto-Italic mortis, from Proto-Indo-European mértis, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
natimortality (English): The proportion of births that are stillbirths
Definitions
- The proportion of births that are stillbirths
Ancestry of “natimortality”, step by step
natimortality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mortality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mortality | The state or quality of being mortal; The number... |
| 2 | Old French | mortalité | death |
| 3 | Latin | mortalitas | mortality |
| 4 | Latin | mortālis | mortal (subject to death) |
| 5 | Latin | mors | death; corpse; annihilation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | mortis | death |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mértis | death |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |
via English natality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | natality | The ratio of live births in an area to the... |
| 2 | English | -ity | Used to form a noun from an adjective;... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ite | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ité | -ity |
| 5 | Latin | -itās | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |