Etymograph

English

Morta

Morta comes from Latin mors ‘death’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mértis‘death’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mortis‘death’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmors‘death’
  5. EnglishtodayMorta

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mértis‘death’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mortis‘death’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmors‘death’
  5. EnglishtodayMorta

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’

remember, march, murder, marine, nightmare, mere, maritime, marsh, mare, mara, muller, morbid, moor, ambrosia, marinate, marinara, maar, mortuary, morn, moribund, cormorant, mortier, 60 more

through Proto-Italic *mortis ‘death’

immortality, mortician, 9 more

through Latin mors ‘death’

immortal, mortification, 10 more

Today it means

name One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the cutter of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Atropos.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / Morta

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