Where does “necropolă” come from?

necropolă (Romanian) comes from French nécropole, from Ancient Greek νεκρόπολις, from Ancient Greek νεκρός, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

necropolă (Romanian): necropolis

Definitions

  1. necropolis

Ancestry of “necropolă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnécropolenecropolis
2Ancient Greekνεκρόπολιςcity of the dead
3Ancient Greekνεκρόςdead; a dead body, corpse; one who is dead
4Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neḱ-Every word from Ancient Greek νεκρόςEvery word from Ancient Greek νεκρόπολις