Etymology

morkin

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Today it means: An animal that has died of disease or by mischance. Full definition →

Old French mortekine ← Medieval Latin morticinus
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived frommorticinus
  2. Old French · derived frommortekine
  3. English todaymorkin

Probably from mort + -kin (compare mortling); or from Old French mortekine, a variant of mortecine, from Medieval Latin morticinus. Compare also Swedish murken (“putrefied”), Icelandic morkinn (“putrid”).

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