Etymology

unmortal

un·mort·al
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Today it means: Not mortal; not susceptible to death; immortal. Full definition →

English mortal ← Middle English mortal /mortel ← Old French mortal /mortel
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mer-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*mértis ~ *mr̥téys
  10. Proto-Italic*mortis
  11. Latinmors
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Latinmortālis
  15. Old Frenchmortal /mortel
  16. Middle Englishmortal /mortel
  17. Englishmortal
  18. English todayunmortal

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + mortal (adjective).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.