Where does “νεκρολογία” come from?

νεκρολογία (Greek) comes from Greek νεκρο-, from Ancient Greek νεκρός, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

νεκρολογία (Greek): obituary

Definitions

  1. obituary

Ancestry of “νεκρολογία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekνεκρο-necro-
2Ancient Greekνεκρόςdead; a dead body, corpse; one who is dead
3Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neḱ-Every word from Ancient Greek νεκρόςEvery word from Greek νεκρο-
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