Where does “sepulture” come from?

Sepulture comes from Middle English sepulture, from Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultura, the noun form of sepultus, past participle of sepelio, meaning to bury.

sepulture (English): The act of sepulchring, committing the remains of...

Definitions

  1. The act of sepulchring, committing the remains of...

Ancestry of “sepulture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsepulture—
2Old Frenchsepulture—
3LatinsepultūraA burial, funeral, interment, a sepulchering
4LatinsepelioI bury, inter; I burn on a funeral pyre; I...

Words derived from “sepulture”

Every word from Latin sepelio →Every word from Latin sepultūra →Every word from Old French sepulture →