"necro-" meaning in English

See necro- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈnɛk.ɹəʊ/ [UK]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*neḱ-}}, {{der|en|grc|νεκρός||dead body}} Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead body”), {{der|en|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|wlm|angheu||death}} Middle Welsh angheu (“death”), {{cog|br|ankou|}} Breton ankou, {{cog|sga|éc}} Old Irish éc, {{cog|la|noxius||harmful}} Latin noxius (“harmful”), {{cog|peo|𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹||he injures|ts=vi-nathayatiy}} Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-n-θ-y-t-y /⁠vi-nathayatiy⁠/, “he injures”), {{cog|ae|𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌||disappears}} Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieⁱti, “disappears”), {{cog|sa|नश्यति||disappear, perish}} Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} necro-, {{en-prefix}} necro-
  1. death or dead tissue. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Death Translations (related to death): nekro- (Finnish), nécro- (French), necro- (Galician), nekro- (German), necro- (Italian), 影霊 (kagerei) (Japanese), nekro- (Polish), necro- (Portuguese), некро- (nekro-) (Russian), necro- (Spanish), nekro- (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-necro--en-prefix-3o~6PfxX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations
     
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