Where does “funeral” come from?
Funeral comes from Middle French funerailles, from Medieval Latin funeralia, from Late Latin funeralis, from Latin funus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰew-.
funeral (English): A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased...
Definitions
- A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased...
Ancestry of “funeral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | funerailles | funeral rites |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | funeralia | funeral rites; nominative plural neuter of... |
| 3 | Late Latin | funeralis | having to do with a funeral; Of or pertaining to... |
| 4 | Latin | fūnus | funeral |
| 5 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 6 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 9 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |