Etymology

buried

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Today it means: Placed in a grave at a burial. Full definition →

English bur(y) ← Middle English birien ← Old English byrġan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰergʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*burgijaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*burgijan
  4. Old Englishbyrġan
  5. Middle Englishbirien
  6. Englishbur(y)
  7. English todayburied

From bur(y) + -ied.

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