myEtymology.com: English etymology of immortal

Etymology of the English word immortal

the English word immortal

derived from the Old French word immortel

derived from the Latin word immortalis (immortal, god; immortal, not subject to death; eternal)

derived from the Latin word in-

derived from the Latin word mortalis (mortal, transient; human)

derived from the Late Latin word mors (death; corpse; annihilation)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer-

using the Latin prefix im-

derived from the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

Word found in Modern English