Etymology

cenotaph

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Today it means: A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle. Full definition →

French cénotaphe ← Ancient Greek κενός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκενός“empty”
  2. French · borrowed fromcénotaphe
  3. English todaycenotaph

From French cénotaphe, from Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis ceno- + -taph.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκενός all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.