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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—
3Latinsepultūra—
4LatinsepelioI bury, inter; I burn on a funeral pyre; I...

Words derived from “sepulture”

  • vivisepulture
  • dessepultar
  • sepultar
Every word from Latin sepelio →