Etymology

defunction

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Latin dēfūnctiō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdēfūnctiō“execution, performance, death”
  2. English todaydefunction

from Latin dēfūnctiō (“execution, performance, death”), from dēfungor (“to finish, perform, die”).

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