myEtymology.com: English etymology of mortician

Etymology of the English word mortician

the English word mortician

derived from the English word mortuary

derived from the Anglo-Norman word mortuarie

derived from the Vulgar Latin word mortuarius

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

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

derived from the Latin word mortuus (corpse, the dead one; the dead; dead, deceased; limp)

derived from the Classical Latin word mori (become obsolete , fall into disuse; be forgotten; become void, moot; be extinguished; die, expire, pass; perish; become obsolete , fall into disuse)

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

using the English suffix -ician

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

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

derived from the Latin word mortus

Date

The earliest known usage of mortician in English dates from the 19th century.

Usage

Word found in Modern English