Where does “thanatopraxy” come from?

thanatopraxy (English) comes from French thanatopraxie, 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...

thanatopraxy (English): Embalming

Definitions

  1. Embalming

Ancestry of “thanatopraxy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchthanatopraxieembalming
2Englishthanato
3Ancient GreekΘάνατοςThanatos
4Ancient GreekθνῄσκωI die; I am dead; to be killed
5Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
6Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱétiEvery word from Ancient Greek -σκωEvery word from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω
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