Etymology

exequy

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Today it means: Funeral rites. Full definition →

Middle English exequies ← Old French exequies ← Latin exsequiās
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  1. Latin · derived fromexsequiās
  2. Old French · derived fromexequies
  3. Middle English · inherited fromexequies
  4. English todayexequy

A back-formation from exequies, from Middle English exequies, from Old French exequies, from Latin exsequiās, accusative of exsequiae (“a funeral, seeing-off procession”).

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