meurtrir
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to murder
- (transitive) to injure, hurt; to bruise, especially in reference to fruit; to leave a contusion
- (transitive) to hurt or injure someone's feelings
Etymology
Derived from Frankish *murþrijan (murder).
Origin
Frankish
*murþrijan
Gloss
murder
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *murþrą Proto-Germanic
- morþor Old English
- morþorscyldig Old English
- morther Middle English
- murder Middle English
- meurdri Norman
- *murþrijan Frankish