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English

Mausoleum

Mausoleum comes from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον, from Μαύσωλος ‘Mausolus’, and ultimately from xcr *𐊪𐊠𐊲𐊸𐊫𐊦.

  1. xcrmodern*𐊪𐊠𐊲𐊸𐊫𐊦*Mauśoλreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜαύσωλος‘Mausolus’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΜαυσωλεῖονMausōleîon
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMausōlēum
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1872Mausoleum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. xcrmodern*𐊪𐊠𐊲𐊸𐊫𐊦*Mauśoλreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜαύσωλος‘Mausolus’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΜαυσωλεῖονMausōleîon
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMausōlēum
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1872Mausoleum

Earliest quotation: 1872, William Smith, Phileus: “Phileus, an eminent Ionian architect, built the Mausoleum, in…”

Equivalent to Mausolus + -eum

Carian *𐊪𐊠𐊲𐊸𐊫𐊦

Ancient Greek Μαύσωλος

Latin Mausolus

English Mausolus

The story

Borrowed from Latin Mausōlēum, from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon), from Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos, “Mausolus”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).

Every English word from xcr *𐊪𐊠𐊲𐊸𐊫𐊦

Today it means

name The grand tomb built around 353–351 BCE at Halicarnassus for Mausolus, a ruler of Caria and satrap of the Achaemenid Empire; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / xcr *𐊪𐊠𐊲𐊸𐊫𐊦 / Mausoleum

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