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Where does “morir” come from?

morir (Old French) comes from Latin morior, from Proto-Italic *moriōr.

morir (Old French): to die; to kill

Definitions

  1. to die; to kill

Ancestry of “morir”, step by step

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

Words derived from “morir”

  • mortgage
  • mortgagee
  • mort
  • mortgagor
  • mortgager
  • remortgage
  • nonmortgage
  • mortgageable
  • remort
  • morkin
  • unmortgageable
  • mortling
  • multimortgage
  • nonmortgageable
  • dismortgage
  • mortgageless
  • mort wap-apace
  • micromort
  • mortpay
  • unmortgage
  • remortgager
  • mort
  • malemort
  • trompe-la-mort
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