cemetery

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκοιμητήριον
2. Late Latin · derived fromcoemētērium
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromcimitērium
4. Old French · derived fromcimitiere
5. Middle English · inherited fromcimiterie
6. English todaycemetery

From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).