Where does “urn” come from?

urn (Dutch) comes from Latin ūrna — urn, a moderately sized vessel for drawing water.

urn (Dutch): funerary urn; any other footed vase

Definitions

  1. funerary urn; any other footed vase

Ancestry of “urn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinūrnaurn, a moderately sized vessel for drawing water

Words derived from “urn”

Every word from Latin ūrna →