mors
Latin
noun
Definitions
- death
- corpse
- annihilation
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *mortis inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mértis (death).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mértis
Gloss
death
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
死
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mortido English
- mortem Latin
- mortem, mors Latin
- mortifer Latin
- mortifico Latin
- morte Italian
- mortifero Italian
- morsdood Dutch, Flemish
- mort French
- muerte Spanish, Castilian
- *mr̥-to- Proto-Indo-European
- *mértis Proto-Indo-European
- morte Portuguese
- *murþrą Proto-Germanic
- morþor Old English
- morþorscyldig Old English
- मृ Sanskrit
- मृत्यु Sanskrit
- morther Middle English
- murder Middle English
- *mor Proto-Slavic
- mora Serbo-Croatian
- мора Serbo-Croatian
- मृत्यु Hindi
- moarte Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- মৃত্যু Assamese
- maccu Pali
- *mr̥tyúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mortis Proto-Italic
- mortíferu Asturian
- ម្រឹត្យុ Central Khmer
- mirtis Lithuanian
- *mr̥tyúṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- morti Sicilian
- mursdōd, mursdod Low German
- *mirtis Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ಮೃತ್ಯು Kannada
- mort Picard