Etymology

murdrum

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Today it means: A secret killing, distinguished from simple homicide in that the victim and the killer are unknown. Full definition →

Medieval Latin murdrum ← Frankish *murþr, *morþr ← Proto-Germanic *murþrą
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*murþrą“murder”
  2. Frankish · derived from*murþr, *morþr
  3. Medieval Latin · borrowed frommurdrum
  4. English todaymurdrum

Borrowing from Medieval Latin murdrum, a Germanic borrowing from Frankish *murþr, *morþr, from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder”). More at murder.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*murþrą all →

murder

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