Where does “Kenotaph” come from?
Kenotaph (German) comes from Latin cenotaphium, from Ancient Greek κενοτάφιον, from Ancient Greek τάφος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Kenotaph (German): cenotaph
Definitions
- cenotaph
Ancestry of “Kenotaph”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cenotaphium | empty tomb, cenotaph |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κενοτάφιον | cenotaph, empty tomb |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τάφος | funeral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |