mortal
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mortal subject to death, human; deadly, fatal XIV; (of sin) XV; of or pert. to death XVI. — OF.
mortal, latinized var. of OF. (also mod.)
mortel, whence ME.
mortel; or directly — L.
mortālis, f.
mors,
mort- death, f. IE. *
mor- *
meṛ- *
mr- die, as in L.
morī die,
mortuus dead, Gr.
brotoí mortals,
émorten died, OSl.
mīrǫ. Lith.
mìrštu I die, Skr.
mriyáte dies; see
-AL1.
So
mortality XIV. — (O)F. — L.
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