moribundo

/moɾiˈbundo/ · B2 · adj

moribund (approaching death)

⚰️🥀 moribundo = mori (to die) + bundo, so already half-way to dying

Comes from Latin moribundus, built on mori, meaning to die. The same root appears in mortal and mortality. Spanish mori- links straight to morir, so a moribundo is someone who is in the act of dying.

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