myEtymology.com: English etymology of immortalize

Etymology of the English word immortalize

the English word immortalize

derived from 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)

using the English suffix -ize

derived from the Old French suffix -iser

derived from the Latin suffix -izare

derived from the Greek suffix -izein, -ίζειν