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Where does “inurnment” come from?

inurnment (English) comes from English inurn, from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

inurnment (English): The act of placing something in an urn

Definitions

  1. The act of placing something in an urn

Ancestry of “inurnment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinurnTo place in an urn or other container; To hold...
2Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
3Middle Englishin-—
4Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
5Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
6Proto-West Germanic*in—
7Proto-Germanicinin; into
8Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
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