Where does “thanatology” come from?

thanatology (English) comes from English thanato-, from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

thanatology (English): The scientific study of death and the practices...

Definitions

  1. The scientific study of death and the practices...

Ancestry of “thanatology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishthanato-death
2Ancient GreekΘάνατοςThanatos
3Ancient GreekθνῄσκωI die; I am dead; to be killed
4Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
5Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “thanatology”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti →Every word from Ancient Greek -σκω →Every word from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω →