LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

admortīre

*admortīre

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructiondeaden, make numb

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinadmortīre

Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós Proto-Italic *mortwos Latin mort(u)us Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -īre Latin *admortīre From ad- + mort(u)us (“dead”) + -īre (verb-forming suffix).

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchamortirfrom Old French amortir
  • Englishamortizefrom Old French amortir
  • Franco-Provençalamortir
Occitano-Romance
  • Catalanamortir
  • Occitanamortir
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseamortecer
  • Spanishamortecerfrom Old Spanish amortir
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianamorți
  • Aromanianamurtsãri
Italo-Romance
  • Italianammortire
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianammustreschere

In English words that came into English from admortīre

  • amortize*admortīre
  • amortization*admortire

Quick answers

What does admortīre mean in Latin?
admortīre, a verb, means “deaden, make numb”.
Where does admortīre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin admortīre.