Etymology

interment

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Today it means: The act of burying a dead body; burial. Full definition →

Middle English enterement ← Old French enterrement
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  1. Old French · derived fromenterrement
  2. Middle English · inherited fromenterement
  3. English todayinterment

From Middle English enterement, interment, from Old French enterrement. By surface analysis, inter + -ment.

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