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Spanish word muerto comes from Latin mori, Proto-Indo-European *smer-, and later Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (Dead. Mortal.)
mori (Latin)
*smer- (Proto-Indo-European)
to fall into thought, remember, care for, to fall into thought, remember, take care
*mr̥tós (Proto-Indo-European)
Dead. Mortal.
mortuus (Latin)
(figuratively) faint, overwhelmed.. Dead, having died.. Decayed, withered A corpse, dead body. A dead person, dead man.
*mortus (Vulgar Latin)
muerto (Spanish)
Dead A dead person Exhausted; dead tired.