Where does “mortalité” come from?

mortalité (Old French) comes from Latin mortalitas, from Latin mortālis, from Latin mors, from Proto-Italic mortis, from Proto-Indo-European mértis, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mortalité (Old French): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “mortalité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmortalitasmortality
2Latinmortālismortal (subject to death)
3Latinmorsdeath; corpse; annihilation
4Proto-Italicmortisdeath
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmértisdeath
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mortalité”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mértis →Every word from Proto-Italic mortis →