Etymology of the Latin word mortificare
the Latin word mortificare (kill; destroy; mortify)
derived from the Latin word facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dhē-
derived from the Late Latin word mors (death; corpse; annihilation)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer-
derived from the Latin word mortus