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Where does “amortir” come from?

amortir (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin admortire, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “amortir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinadmortireto kill; present active infinitive of *admortēscō
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “amortir”

  • amortization
  • amortisen
  • amorteser
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →