Where does “νεκρόπολις” come from?

νεκρόπολις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek νεκρός, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

νεκρόπολις (Ancient Greek): city of the dead

Definitions

  1. city of the dead

Ancestry of “νεκρόπολις”, step by step

νεκρόπολις traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek νεκρός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνεκρόςdead; a dead body, corpse; one who is dead
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear

via Ancient Greek πόλῐς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπόλῐςcity state, city; city

Words derived from “νεκρόπολις”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- →Every word from Ancient Greek νεκρός →