Where does “funereal” come from?
Funereal comes from Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus, from Latin funus meaning funeral rite, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰew- meaning to lack or be deficient.
funereal (English): Of or relating to a funeral; Similar to a funeral...
Definitions
- Of or relating to a funeral; Similar to a funeral...
Ancestry of “funereal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | funerail | — |
| 2 | Latin | funereus | funereal; boding ill; 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 | — |