Where does “exequial” come from?
exequial (English) comes from Latin exequialis, from Latin exsequiae, from Latin exsequia, from Latin exsequor, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
exequial (English): Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal
Ancestry of “exequial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exequialis | — |
| 2 | Latin | exsequiae | funeral rites; earthly remains, relics |
| 3 | Latin | exsequia | funeral procession |
| 4 | Latin | exsequor | I follow to the end; follow after thoroughly,... |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |