Etymograph

English

commoratio

Commoratio comes from Latin commorātiō ‘stay (at a place)’, from moror ‘to linger, loiter, spend time with’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- ‘to crumble, crush, destroy’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*merh₂-1‘to crumble, crush, destroy’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*morh₂éh₂1reconstructedderived within Proto-Indo-European
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*morā1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmora1‘a duration of time before an event takes place, delay’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoror1‘to linger, loiter, spend time with’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommoror1‘to stop, stay or remain’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommorātiō2‘stay (at a place)’
  8. Englishtodaycommoratio2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin commoratio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English commoratio

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*merh₂-Wiktionary, Latin commoratio‘to crumble, crush, destroy’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*morh₂éh₂Wiktionary, Latin commoratioreconstructedderived within Proto-Indo-European
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*morāWiktionary, Latin commoratioreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoraWiktionary, Latin commoratio‘a duration of time before an event takes place, delay’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmororWiktionary, Latin commoratio‘to linger, loiter, spend time with’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommororWiktionary, Latin commoratio‘to stop, stay or remain’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommorātiōWiktionary, English commoratio‘stay (at a place)’
  8. EnglishtodaycommoratioWiktionary, English commoratio

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- ‘to crumble, crush, destroy’

marble, mallet, 10 more

through Latin mora ‘a duration of time before an event takes…’

mora, 3 more

through Latin moror ‘to linger, loiter, spend time with’

moratorium, 2 more

Today it means

noun The use of several synonyms to emphasize something.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “commoratio”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin commoratio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- / commoratio

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