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mors
Latin · ancient
"death"
death
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Stage 2 of 4
mortalis
Latin · ancient
"subject to death"
subject to death, from mors (death)
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Stage 3 of 4
mortal
Old French · medieval
"subject to death"
carried into French for a being subject to death
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mortal
English · 1300s
"subject to death, or a human being"
settled as the English word for something subject to death
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