Etymology · Ancient Greek
θάνατος
7 English words descend from Ancient Greek θάνατος, most common first.
- ThanatosThe death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.
- misthanasiaThe premature death of a vulnerable human due to a failure to provide appropriate help in the context of social injustice.
- thanato-Death.
- thanatologyThe scientific study of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs of the terminally ill and their families.
- thanatopicProne to thanatopsis; morbid.
- thanatopraxyEmbalming.
- thanatopsisContemplation of death.