Where does “funest” come from?
funest (Dutch) comes from French funeste, from Latin fūnestus, from Latin fūnus, from Latin o, from Etruscan 𐌏, from Ancient Greek ο, from Phoenician 𐤏, from Egyptian 𓁹.
funest (Dutch): funest, disastrous, catastrophic, fatal
Definitions
- funest, disastrous, catastrophic, fatal
Ancestry of “funest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | funeste | baneful, disastrous; fatal; deadly |
| 2 | Latin | fūnestus | deadly, fatal |
| 3 | Latin | fūnus | funeral |
| 4 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |