English
mortichnium
Mortichnium comes from Latin mors ‘death, corpse’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mértis‘death’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mortis‘death’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmors‘death, corpse’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015mortichnium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mértis‘death’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mortis‘death’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmors‘death, corpse’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015mortichnium
Earliest quotation: 2015, Adolf Seilacher, Alan D. Gishlick: “In the Ediacaran mortichnia, however, the traces are always…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
remember, march, murder, marine, mere, nightmare, marsh, maritime, mare, mara, muller, mortar, immortality, moor, morbid, morn, ambrosia, mortuary, marinate, marinara, maar, mortally, moribund, cormorant, 57 more
through Proto-Italic *mortis ‘death’
through Latin mors ‘death, corpse’
Today it means
noun The trail or trace left by a dying animal, especially as preserved in a fossil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / mortichnium