Where does “funeral door” come from?
funeral door (English) comes from English funeral, from Middle French funerailles, from Medieval Latin funeralia, from Late Latin funeralis, from Latin fūnus, from Latin o, from Etruscan 𐌏, from Ancient Greek ο.
funeral door (English): a door to the hall or foyer from the parlor to...
Definitions
- a door to the hall or foyer from the parlor to...
Ancestry of “funeral door”, step by step
funeral door traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English funeral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | funeral | A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased... |
| 2 | Middle French | funerailles | funeral rites |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | funeralia | funeral rites; nominative plural neuter of... |
| 4 | Late Latin | funeralis | having to do with a funeral; Of or pertaining to... |
| 5 | Latin | fūnus | funeral |
| 6 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 7 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 10 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |