perish

Meaning

Verb

• To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
• To decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose
• To die; to cease to live.
• To cause to perish.

Origin

• From Middle English perishen, borrowed from Old French, stem of certain parts of perir, from Latin perīre ("to pass away, perish"), present active infinitive of pereō, from per + eō; see iter.