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meurtre.

murder

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mœʁtʁ/

  1. murder

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From 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.

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