Etymology

morbs

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Today it means: Physical or mental illness or infirmity. Full definition →

Latin morbus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommorbus“malady (of body or mind), distress”
  2. English todaymorbs

Perhaps from morbid, ultimately from Latin morbus (“malady (of body or mind), distress”).

Words from the same roots

Latinmorbus all →

morbusmorbificmorbillimorbillous

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