necro-

See also: necro, nécro, and nécro-

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From combining form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead body”),from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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”), Latin nocēre (“to hurt, harm”), Latin nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-nathayatiy, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasyeiti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎 (nasu-, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛkɹəʊ/

Prefix

necro-

1. death or dead tissue.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with necro-

Translations

related to death

• Finnish: nekro-
• French: nécro- (fr)
• Galician: necro-
• German: nekro- (de)
• Italian: necro- (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 影霊 (kagerei)
• Portuguese: necro- (pt)
• Russian: некро- (nekro-)
• Spanish: necro- (es)
• Swedish: nekro-

Anagrams

• Ceron, Creon, Crone, crone, oncer, recon

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Ancient Greek νεκρο- (nekro-), combining form of νεκρός (nekrós) "dead".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.kro/, [ˈn̺ɛkr̺o]
• Hyphenation: nè‧cro-

Prefix

necro-

1. necro-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with necro-

See also

• tanato-

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek νεκρο- (nekro-), combining form of νεκρός (nekrós) "dead".

Prefix

necro-

1. necro- (relating to death)

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek νεκρο- (nekro-), combining form of νεκρός (nekrós) "dead".

Prefix

necro-

1. necro-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with necro-