Where does “νεκρόπολις” come from?

νεκρόπολις (Koine Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.

Ancestry of “νεκρόπολις”, step by step

νεκρόπολις traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek πόλις

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
2Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city

via Ancient Greek νεκρός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνεκρόςdead; a dead body, corpse; one who is dead
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear

Words derived from “νεκρόπολις”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic ptólis →