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Where does “unburial” come from?

unburial (English) comes from English burial, from Middle English biriel, from Old English byrġels, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan.

unburial (English): The digging up of something previously buried;...

Definitions

  1. The digging up of something previously buried;...

Ancestry of “unburial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishburialThe act of burying; interment
2Middle Englishbiriel—
3Old Englishbyrġels—
4Old Englishbyrġanto bury
5Proto-West Germanic*burgijan—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan →