thanatopraxy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθάνατος“dead body”
2. Spanish · borrowed fromtanatopraxia
3. German · borrowed fromThanatopraxie
4. French · borrowed fromthanatopraxie
5. English todaythanatopraxy

From French thanatopraxie, German Thanatopraxie, Spanish tanatopraxia, ultimately from Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “dead body”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “practice”). Doublet of thanatopraxis.

Words from the same roots