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- Ancient Greekθᾰ́πτω (thắptō)
- Ancient Greekτάφος (táphos)
- Proto-Indo-European*nem-
- Proto-Indo-European*németi
- Proto-Hellenic*némō
- Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
- Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
- English todaytaphonomy
From tapho- (from Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “grave”)) + -nomy.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτάφος all →
taphophiliabibliotaphtafone-taphtapho-taphoflorataphophiletaphophobetaphophobiataphophobicTaphos
First known use, by meaning
- From 20th c. The study of the fate of the remains of organisms after they die, especially the study of fossilization.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.