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Where does “amortir” come from?

amortir (French) comes from Old French amortir, from Vulgar Latin admortire, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

amortir (French): to cushion, absorb, soften; to deaden, muffle; to...

Definitions

  1. to cushion, absorb, soften; to deaden, muffle; to...

Ancestry of “amortir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchamortir—
2Vulgar Latinadmortireto kill; present active infinitive of *admortēscō
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “amortir”

  • amortisseur
  • amortissement
  • αμορτισέρ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →