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Where does “sepulture” come from?

sepulture (Old French) comes from Latin sepultūra, from Latin sepelio — I bury, inter; I burn on a funeral pyre; I...

Ancestry of “sepulture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsepultūra—
2LatinsepelioI bury, inter; I burn on a funeral pyre; I...

Words derived from “sepulture”

  • sepulture
  • vivisepulture
  • sepultur
  • sepulture
  • dessepultar
  • sepultar
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