![]() ![]() ![]() A parallel form murther persisted into 19c. The spelling with -d- probably reflects influence of Anglo-French murdre, from Old French mordre, from Medieval Latin murdrum, which is from the Germanic word. 1300, murdre, earlier morþer, from Old English morðor (plural morþras) “secret killing of a person, unlawful killing,” also “mortal sin, crime punishment, torment, misery,” from Proto-Germanic * murthran (source also of Goth maurþr, and, from a variant form of the same root, Old Saxon morth, Old Frisian morth, Old Norse morð, Middle Dutch moort, Dutch moord, German Mord “murder”), from suffixed form of PIE root * mer- “to rub away, harm” (also “to die” and forming words referring to death and to beings subject to death). “unlawful killing of another human being by a person of sound mind with premeditated malice,” c. S: CNN – (last access: 4 August 2019) ICRC – (last access: 4 August 2019). ![]()
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