English
mort
Mort comes from Old French mort ‘death’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-1‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mértis ~ *mr̥téys1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mortis1‘death’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmors1
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mort2‘death’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mort2
- Englishearliest quotation 1814mort2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Old French mort
- 2 Wiktionary, English mort
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1814, Walter Scott, Waverley; or: “The sportsman then sounded a treble mort.”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-Wiktionary, Old French mort‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mértis ~ *mr̥téysWiktionary, Old French mortreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mortisWiktionary, Old French mort‘death’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmorsWiktionary, Old French mort
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mortWiktionary, English mort‘death’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mortWiktionary, English mort
- Englishearliest quotation 1814mortWiktionary, English mort. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1814, Walter Scott, Waverley; or: “The sportsman then sounded a treble mort.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
remember, march, murder, marine, nightmare, mere, maritime, marsh, mare, mara, muller, morbid, ambrosia, marinate, moor, marinara, maar, morn, moribund, cormorant, 63 more
through Proto-Italic *mortis ‘death’
through Latin mors
Today it means
noun Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / mort