Where does “νεκροταφείο” come from?
νεκροταφείο (Greek) comes from Greek τάφος, from Ancient Greek τάφος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
νεκροταφείο (Greek): graveyard, cemetery place where the dead are buried
Definitions
- graveyard, cemetery place where the dead are buried
Ancestry of “νεκροταφείο”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | τάφος | grave, tomb |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τάφος | funeral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |