English
mortuary
Mortuary comes from Anglo-Norman mortuarie ‘gift to a parish priest from a deceased…’, from Medieval Latin mortuārium ‘receptacle for the dead’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥yétor‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moriōr‘to die’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmorior‘die’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmortuus‘dead, having died’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500mortuārium‘receptacle for the dead’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400mortuarie‘gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mortuary
- Englishearliest quotation 1765–1769mortuary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥yétor‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moriōr‘to die’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmorior‘die’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmortuus‘dead, having died’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500mortuārium‘receptacle for the dead’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400mortuarie‘gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mortuary
- Englishearliest quotation 1765–1769mortuary
Earliest quotation: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England: “It was anciently usual to bring the mortuary to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
remember, march, murder, marine, mere, nightmare, maritime, marsh, mortality, mare, muller, mortal, mara, mortar, moor, morbid, ambrosia, morn, marinate, marinara, maar, cormorant, mortification, mortician, mortier, 59 more
through Latin morior ‘die’
Today it means
adj Of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / mortuary