English
mortification
Mortification comes from Latin mortificātiō ‘killing, death’, from mortificō ‘to kill or mortify’, and ultimately from 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‘death’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmortificō2‘to kill or mortify’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmortificātiō3‘killing, death’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600mortification3
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mortificacioun3
- Englishearliest quotation 1777mortification3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin mortifico
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin mortificatio
- 3 Wiktionary, English mortification
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal: “Certainly a little mortification appears very becoming in a…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-Wiktionary, Latin mortifico‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mértis ~ *mr̥téysWiktionary, Latin mortificoreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mortisWiktionary, Latin mortifico‘death’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmorsWiktionary, Latin mortifico‘death’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmortificōWiktionary, Latin mortificatio‘to kill or mortify’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmortificātiōWiktionary, English mortification‘killing, death’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600mortificationWiktionary, English mortification
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mortificaciounWiktionary, English mortification
- Englishearliest quotation 1777mortificationWiktionary, English mortification. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal: “Certainly a little mortification appears very becoming in a…”
Equivalent to mortify + -ication
Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
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Proto-Italic *mortis ‘death’
Latin mors ‘death’
Late Latin mortificō ‘cause death’
Anglo-Norman mortifier
English mortify
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
remember, march, murder, marine, nightmare, mere, marsh, maritime, mare, mara, mortar, muller, moor, morbid, morn, ambrosia, mortuary, marinara, marinate, maar, mortally, moribund, cormorant, 57 more
through Proto-Indo-European *mértis ~ *mr̥téys
through Proto-Italic *mortis ‘death’
through Latin mors ‘death’
Today it means
noun The act of mortifying.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / mortification