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Where does “mouri” come from?

mouri (Haitian Creole) comes from French mourir, from Middle French mourir, from Old French morir, from Latin morior, from Proto-Italic *moriōr.

mouri (Haitian Creole): to die

Definitions

  1. to die

Ancestry of “mouri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmourirto die; to be dying; to be dying
2Middle Frenchmourirto die; to be dying
3Old Frenchmorirto die; to kill
4LatinmoriorI die; I decay, wither
5Proto-Italic*moriōr—
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