Where does “mort” come from?

mort (Old French) comes 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 (Old French): past participle of morir; dead; death

Definitions

  1. past participle of morir; dead; death

Ancestry of “mort”, step by step

mort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin mortus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmortus—
2Latinmortuusdead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,...
3Proto-Italicmortwosdead
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥twósdead
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Latin mors

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmorsdeath; corpse; annihilation
2Proto-Italicmortisdeath
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmértisdeath

Words derived from “mort”

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