Etymology

sepulchre

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Today it means: A burial chamber. Full definition →

Middle English sepulchre ← Old English sepulcer ← Old French sepulchre
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsepulchrum
  2. Old French · derived fromsepulchre
  3. Old English · inherited fromsepulcer
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsepulchre
  5. English todaysepulchre

From Middle English sepulchre, sepulcre, sepulker, from late Old English sepulcer, Old French sepulchre, sepulcre, and their etymon Latin sepulchrum, sepulcrum (“grave, burial place”).

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