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Where does “mortis” come from?

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

mortis (Proto-Italic): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “mortis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmértisdeath
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mortis”

  • mortality
  • mortal
  • mortgage
  • immortal
  • immortality
  • mortgagee
  • mort
  • mortgagor
  • mortify
  • immortalize
  • amortize
  • mortician
  • amortizable
  • immortally
  • immortalization
  • immortalise
  • mortalist
  • Morta
  • premortal
  • mortgager
  • remortgage
  • nonmortgage
  • nonamortizable
  • mortiferous
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