necro-
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- necr- (before vowels)
Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead body”), from the Proto-Indo-European suffixed full-grade *nekro- of *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”); see also Middle Welsh angheu (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Latin noxius (“harmful”), nocēo (“to hurt, harm”), nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-n-θ-y-t-y /vi-nathayatiy/, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieiti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎- (nasu-, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”). By surface analysis, necr- + -o-.
Pronunciation
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[edit]necro-
Derived terms
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]necro-
Derived terms
[edit]See also
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[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”).
Prefix
[edit]necro-
- necro- (relating to death)
Further reading
[edit]- “necro-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “necro-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]necro-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “necro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
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