Etymology

antemortem

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Today it means: Having occurred or having been inflicted before death. Full definition →

Latin ante mortem ← ['la ',
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The story

  1. ['la · learned borrowing from',
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromante mortem
  3. English todayantemortem

Learned borrowing from Latin ante mortem (“before death”).

Words from the same roots

['la', all →

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