Proto-Indo-European
*mer-
‘to die’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *mer-.
86 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, most familiar first.
- remember ← remembren ← remembrer ← *rememorāre ← rememorari
- march ← merche ← merċe ← *marik ← *móri
- murder ← morþor ← *morþr ← *murþrą
- marine ← marin ← marin ← marinus ← mare
- nightmare ← nyghtmare ← *nihtmare ← *nahtmarā ← *marā
- mere ← meer ← mier ← merus
- maritime ← maritimus ← mare
- mortality ← mortalite ← mortālitās ← mortālis ← mors
- marsh ← mersch ← mersċ ← *marisk ← *mari
- mortal ← mortālis ← mors ← *mortis ← *mértis
- submarine ← marine ← marin ← marin ← marin
- immortal ← immortālis ← mortālis ← mors ← *mortis
More words from *mer-
- mortar
- mare
- mara
- immortality
- moor
- muller
- morbid
- mort
- morn
- mortuary
- mariner
- mortally
- ambrosia
- marshy
- marinate
- moribund
- marinara
- maar
- amaranth
- cormorant
- mortification
- mortician
- mortier
- murti
- amortize
- mortify
- demur
- mortmain
- mariculture
- morfa
- demurrage
- morbus
- murrain
- marma
- marram
- amaranthine
- mardana
- marasmus
- larimar
- marline
- marish
- mulo
- amarantus
- amarantine
- marantic
- mammer
- marigraph
- marinorama
- marigenous
- mariscada
- marograph
- marisca
- marasmatic
- marfire
- meracious
- merroir
- morendo
- morbilli
- morbidezza
- morbose
- mortarium
- morbific
- mortiferous
- mortpay
- morbillous
- mortichnium
- mortido
- mortocracy
- morbs
- muermo
- murth
- murdrum
- premortem
- woodmarch
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer-