The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτάφος“funeral rites”, “burial”, “funeral”, “wake”; “tomb”, “grave”
- English todaytaphophile
Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “funeral rites”, “burial”, “funeral”, “wake”; “tomb”, “grave”); tapho- + -phile
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτάφος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.