"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, {{m|ine-pro|*nekro-}} *nekro-, {{m|ine-pro|*neḱ-||perish, disappear}} *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”), {{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”), {{m|la|nocēo||to hurt, harm}} nocēo (“to hurt, harm”), {{m|la|nex||murder, violent death}} nex (“murder, violent death”), {{m|la|mors}} mors, {{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”), {{m|ae|𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎|𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎-|corpse}} 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎- (nasu-, “corpse”), {{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)

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