Where does “tanatologia” come from?
tanatologia (Italian) comes from Italian Tanato, from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
tanatologia (Italian): thanatology, deathlore
Definitions
- thanatology, deathlore
Ancestry of “tanatologia”, step by step
tanatologia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian Tanato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | Tanato | Thanatos |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Θάνατος | Thanatos |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θνῄσκω | I die; I am dead; to be killed |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σκω | Primitive suffix used to form present-tense... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |
via Italian logia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | logia | — |