Etymology

inhumate

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Today it means: To inhume; to bury. Full definition →

Latin inhumātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed frominhumātus
  2. English todayinhumate

First attested in 1612; borrowed from Latin inhumātus, perfect passive participle of inhumō (“to put in the earth, plant; (Ecclesiastical Latin) to inhume”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + humō (“to cover with earth”). Doublet of inhume.

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