Etymograph

English

mulo

Mulo comes from Romani mulo ‘dead (man)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥tós‘dead’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mr̥tásreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमृ॒तmṛtá‘dead’next step skipped: Ashokan Prakrit *𑀫𑀼𑀢
  5. Prakritmodern𑀫𑀼𑀅mua‘dead’
  6. Romanimodernmulo‘dead (man)’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥tós‘dead’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mr̥tásreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमृ॒तmṛtá‘dead’next step skipped: Ashokan Prakrit *𑀫𑀼𑀢
  5. Prakritmodern𑀫𑀼𑀅mua‘dead’
  6. Romanimodernmulo‘dead (man)’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’

remember, march, murder, marine, nightmare, mere, maritime, mortality, marsh, mortal, mortar, mare, mara, moor, morbid, mort, morn, muller, marinate, moribund, marinara, maar, cormorant, 61 more

through Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós ‘dead’

ambrosia, 2 more

Today it means

noun A vampire.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / mulo

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