Where does “funerail” come from?
funerail (Middle French) comes from Latin funereus, from Latin fūnus, from Latin o, from Etruscan 𐌏, from Ancient Greek ο, from Phoenician 𐤏, from Egyptian 𓁹.
Ancestry of “funerail”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | funereus | funereal; boding ill; fatal |
| 2 | Latin | fūnus | funeral |
| 3 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |