Etymology

mortality

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Today it means: The state of being susceptible to death. Full definition →

Old French mortalite ← Latin mortālitās
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  1. Latin · derived frommortālitās
  2. Old French · derived frommortalite
  3. English todaymortality

From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās, from mortālis (“relating to death”), from mors (“death”); equivalent to mortal + -ity.

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