Where does “hommortigo” come from?
hommortigo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto mortigo, from Esperanto mortigi, from Esperanto morti, from Esperanto morto, from French mort, from Middle French mort, from Old French mort, from Vulgar Latin mortus — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
hommortigo (Esperanto): homicide (unintentional killing of another person), manslaughter
Definitions
- homicide (unintentional killing of another person), manslaughter
Ancestry of “hommortigo”, step by step
hommortigo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto mortigo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | mortigo | killing |
| 2 | Esperanto | mortigi | to kill |
| 3 | Esperanto | morti | to die, pass away |
| 4 | Esperanto | morto | death |
| 5 | French | mort | past participle of mourir; dead; death |
| 6 | Middle French | mort | death |
| 7 | Old French | mort | past participle of morir; dead; death |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | mortus | — |
| 9 | Latin | mortuus | dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | mortwos | dead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥twós | dead |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |