Where does “marismortui” come from?

marismortui (Translingual) comes from Latin maris, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

marismortui (Translingual): Dead Sea (attributive); used as a specific epithet

Definitions

  1. Dead Sea (attributive); used as a specific epithet

Ancestry of “marismortui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmarisgenitive singular of mās; accusative plural of...
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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