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Summary: The Latin root word *mort* means "death." This Latin root is the word origin of a good number of English vocabulary words, including [*mort*]gage, [*mort*]uary, and im[*mort*]al. The Latin root word *mort* is easily recalled through the word [*mort*]al, for a "[*mort*]al" is someone whom "death" will claim one day.