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Where does “sepulchre” come from?

Sepulchre comes from Middle English sepulcre, meaning a burial vault or tomb.

sepulchre (English): A burial chamber; A recess in some early churches...

Definitions

  1. A burial chamber; A recess in some early churches...

Ancestry of “sepulchre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsepulchrum—

Words derived from “sepulchre”

  • ensepulchre
Every word from Latin sepulchrum →