"to die" in seven languages
Meaningto die
Spanish
morir
/moˈɾiɾ/
inherited
French
mourir
/muʁiʁ/
inherited
Italian
morire
/moˈrire/
inherited
Portuguese
morrer
/moˈheh/
inherited
Romanian
muri
/muˈri/
inherited
Catalan
morir
/muˈɾi/
inherited
English
die
/daɪ/
native English · Old Norse deyja
Native 'murder' is the distant cognate of MORĪ (PIE *mer-).
English → Italianto diemorireNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: mortal, mortuary, immortal, mortgage.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MORĪ (spoken *MORĪRE)‘to die’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Classical MORĪ had a passive-looking form; spoken Latin made it a normal *MORĪRE. Under stress its short o breaks apart in all three: muere, meurt, muore.
English relatives: mortal, mortuary, immortal, mortgage
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esLas plantas mueren sin agua.
- frLes plantes meurent sans eau.
- itLe piante muoiono senz'acqua.
- ptAs plantas morrem sem água.
- roPlantele mor fără apă.
- caLes plantes es moren sense aigua.
- enPlants die without water.
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