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Where does “urne” come from?

urne (Middle English) comes from Old French urne, from Latin ūrna.

Ancestry of “urne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchurne—
2Latinūrna—

Words derived from “urne”

  • urn
  • urned
  • urnal
  • urnfield
  • inurnment
  • inurn
  • urnlike
  • urnful
  • urnless
  • urne
  • urno
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