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Where does “sevelir” come from?

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

sevelir (Old French): to bury; to inter; to inhume

Definitions

  1. to bury; to inter; to inhume

Ancestry of “sevelir”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sevelir”

  • ensevelissement
  • ensevelir
  • ensevelir
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