köken: From Vulgar Latin *mortus, from Classical Latin mortuus, from Proto-Italic *mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, derived from the root *mer- (“to die; to disappear”).
aile: mezzo morto, mortamente, morto di fame
[…] e mi sovvien l’eterno, / e le morte stagioni, e la presente / e viva, e il suon di lei.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás Persian مرده Inherited from Proto-Iranian *mr̥táh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós, from *mer- (“to die”).
köken: Inherited from Old Czech mrtvý, from Proto-Slavic *mьrtvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós, ultimately from the root *mr̥-, *mer- (“to die”).
Inherited from Old Polish martwy, miartwy, miertwy, from Proto-Slavic *mь̃rtvъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirtwas, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”).