Where does “mortier” come from?

mortier (French) comes from Old French mortier, from Latin mortarium, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mortier (French): mortar

Definitions

  1. mortar

Ancestry of “mortier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmortier—
2Latinmortariummortar; large basin in which mortar is made
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mortier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →