meurtre
French
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French meurtre (“murder”) from Old French murtre, mordre (“murder”) (compare Medieval Latin murdrum (“murder”)), both from Frankish *murþar (“murder”) from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder, killing, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrtro- (“murder, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).
Akin to Old High German mord (“murder”) (German Mord), Old High German murdren (“to kill, murder”) (German mördern (“to murder”)), Old English morþor (“death, murder”), Old English myrþrian (“to murder”). More at murder.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmeurtre m (plural meurtres)
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editFurther reading
edit- “meurtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editNoun
editmeurtre m (plural meurtres)
- murder (deliberate killing)
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French murtre, mordre (“murder”), from Frankish *murþar (“murder”) from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder, killing, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrtro- (“murder, death”), from *mer-, *mor-, *mr- (“to die”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmeurtre m (plural meurtres)
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