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meurtre

meurtre

French

Noun

meurtre m ‎(plural meurtres)

  1. murder

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Middle French

Noun

meurtre m (plural meurtres)

  1. murder (deliberate killing)

Norman

Etymology

From 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

Noun

meurtre m ‎(plural meurtres)

  1. (Jersey) murder
    • 2010, Le Don Balleine, Mêfie-Te Des Monstres, ISBN 97800956628909, page 32:
      I' s'confêssit et fut exétchuté pouor lé meurtre du Seigneu d'Hambye
      He confessed and was executed for the murder of the Lord of Hambye

Etymology

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-, *mor-, *mr- ‎(“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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