English
mortier
Mortier comes from French mortier ‘mortar’, and goes back to Latin mortārium.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmortārium‘mortar’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mortier
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘mortar’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmortārium‘mortar’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mortier
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘mortar’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
march, remember, murder, marine, nightmare, marsh, mere, maritime, mare, mara, mortality, immortal, mortal, muller, morbid, moor, ambrosia, marinate, marinara, morn, mortuary, maar, moribund, cormorant, 60 more
through Old French mortier
Today it means
noun A cap of state worn by legal functionaries in France.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mortārium / mortier