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Where does “mr̥twós” come from?

mr̥twós (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

Ancestry of “mr̥twós”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mr̥twós”

  • mortgage
  • mortgagee
  • mortuary
  • mort
  • mortgagor
  • ambrosia
  • ambrosial
  • amortize
  • amortizable
  • Bross
  • mortgager
  • remortgage
  • ambrosian
  • nonmortgage
  • nonamortizable
  • mortgageable
  • ambrosially
  • nonmortuary
  • amortizement
  • unamortizable
  • remort
  • ambrosiac
  • morkin
  • unmortgageable
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