mortuarie
Italian
Adjective
mortuarie f
- feminine plural of mortuario
Old French
Etymology
Medieval Latin mortuārium (“receptacle for the dead; mortuary”), neuter form of mortuārius (“of or pertaining to the dead”), from Latin mortuus, perfect passive participle of morior (“I die”).
Noun
mortuarie f (oblique plural mortuaries, nominative singular mortuarie, nominative plural mortuaries)
- mortuary (gift given upon the death of a person)
Descendants
- English: mortuary (borrowed)
References
- mortuarie on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub