The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromνεκρός“death”
- English todaynecronym
From necro- + -onym, from Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “death”) and ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) respectively.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekνεκρός all →
necropolisnecrophilianecro-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.