Etymology Explorer › Middle French

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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfunereusfunereal; boding ill; fatal
2Latinfūnus—
3LatinoThe name of the letter "O"; o!; oh!
4Etruscan𐌏—
5Ancient Greekο—
6Phoenician𐤏ayin; ʿayin
7Egyptian𓁹—

Words derived from “funerail”

  • funereal
  • funereally
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