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
- to cushion, absorb, soften; to deaden, muffle; to...
Ancestry of “amortir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | amortir | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | admortire | to kill; present active infinitive of *admortēscō |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “amortir”