Where does “memmortigo” come from?
memmortigo (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.
memmortigo (Esperanto): suicide act of killing oneself
Definitions
- suicide act of killing oneself
Ancestry of “memmortigo”, step by step
memmortigo 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 |
via Esperanto mem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | mem | -self, -selves; itself |
| 2 | French | [[même#Adjective | — |