Where does “mortalidade” come from?

mortalidade (Portuguese) 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.

mortalidade (Portuguese): mortality the condition of being susceptible to death

Definitions

  1. mortality the condition of being susceptible to death

Ancestry of “mortalidade”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mértis →Every word from Proto-Italic mortis →