Where does “mortifero” come from?

mortifero (Italian) comes from Latin mortifer, from Latin mortiferus, from Latin mors, from Proto-Italic mortis, from Proto-Indo-European mértis, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mortifero (Italian): deadly, lethal, deathly, mortiferous; foreboding...

Definitions

  1. deadly, lethal, deathly, mortiferous; foreboding...

Ancestry of “mortifero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmortiferdeadly, fatal, lethal
2LatinmortiferusAlternative form of mortifer
3Latinmorsdeath; corpse; annihilation
4Proto-Italicmortisdeath
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmértisdeath
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mortifero”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mértis →Every word from Proto-Italic mortis →