Where does “mort” come from?

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

mort (Middle French): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “mort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmortpast participle of morir; dead; death
2Vulgar Latinmortus—
3Latinmortuusdead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,...
4Proto-Italicmortwosdead
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥twósdead
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mr̥twós →Every word from Proto-Italic mortwos →