Etymology

amortal

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Today it means: Of a state, condition or entity, experiencing a prolonged lifespan, but not necessarily immortal in the sense of being invulnerable or indestructible. Full definition →

English mortal ← Middle English mortal /mortel ← Old French mortal /mortel
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*mer-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mértis ~ *mr̥téys
  8. Proto-Italic*mortis
  9. Latinmors
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Latinmortālis
  13. Old Frenchmortal /mortel
  14. Middle Englishmortal /mortel
  15. Englishmortal
  16. English todayamortal

From a- + mortal.

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