moribund

Where does the word "moribund" come from? It comes from Latin mori, passing through Latin before entering English (1700s).

Moribund’s story begins in Latin: mori meant “to die.” The root of 'mortal' and 'mortgage'. Within Latin, it grew into moribundus by ancient. Dying, at the point of death, from mori (to die). It reached English by 1700s as moribund. Settled as the English word for something in a dying or declining state. Today, moribund means in a state of decline, at the point of death or ending.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient mori "to die", the root of 'mortal' and 'mortgage'.
2. Stage 2 · Latin · ancient moribundus "dying, at the point of death", dying, at the point of death, from mori (to die).
3. Stage 3 · English · 1700s moribund "in a dying or declining state", settled as the English word for something in a dying or declining state.