mortality的词源

英文词源

mortality (n.)

mid-14c., "condition of being mortal," from Old French mortalite "massacre, slaughter; fatal illness; poverty; destruction" (12c.), from Latin mortalitem (nominative mortalitas) "state of being mortal; subjection to death," from mortalis (see mortal (adj.)). Meaning "widespread death" is from c. 1400; meaning "number of deaths from some cause or in a given period" is from 1640s.

中文词源

mortality：死亡率，死亡数量

来自mortal,死亡的，致命的。引申词义死亡率，死亡数量。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：mortality 词源，mortality 含义。

mortality：死亡率

词根词缀： -mort-死 + -al形容词词尾 + -ity名词词尾