mort/mori

death

Spelled mort, mori · mors, mortis 'death'; related mortuus 'dead' and mori 'to die'

Latin mors means death: a mortal life ends, a mortuary holds the dead, and a postmortem examines what happened after death.

Words built from it

mortal — Subject to death; also, capable of causing death.
Latin mort- (death) + -alis (relating to) → mortalis
mortify — To embarrass deeply; historically, to subdue bodily desires.
Latin mort- (death) + facere (make) → mortificare (put to death) → mortify
mortgage — A loan secured by property that the lender can claim if repayment fails.
Old French mort (dead), from Latin mortuus, + gage (pledge)
mortuary — A place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.
Latin mortuus (dead) → mortuarius (relating to the dead) → mortuary
amortize — To pay off a debt gradually through scheduled payments.
a-, from Latin ad (to), + mort (dead) → Old French amortir (bring to death, extinguish) → amortize
postmortem — An examination after death; also, a review after an event has ended.
Latin post (after) + mortem (death, an inflected form of mors)

mortar — It comes from Latin mortarium, a vessel for pounding or mixing. Its mort is unrelated to death.