Where does “mortuus” come from?

mortuus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European mr̥twós, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mortuus (Latin): dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,...

Definitions

  1. dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,...

Ancestry of “mortuus”, step by step

mortuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic mortwos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmortwosdead
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥twósdead
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Latin morior

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmoriorI die; I decay, wither
2Proto-Italic*moriōrto die

Words derived from “mortuus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer-