Etymology

morbus

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Today it means: A disease. Full definition →

Latin morbus ← Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mer-der.?
  2. Latinmorbus
  3. English todaymorbus

Borrowed from Latin morbus.

Words from the same roots

Latinmorbus all →

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