English
entomb
Entomb comes from Old French entomber ‘deposit in a tomb’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400entomber‘deposit in a tomb’
- Englishearliest quotation 1594entomb
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400entomber‘deposit in a tomb’
- Englishearliest quotation 1594entomb
Earliest quotation: 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto): “You mocking Birds (quoth ſhe) your tunes intombe /…”
Ancient Greek τύμβος ‘a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave’
Latin tumba
Old French tombe
Middle English tombe ‘sepulchre’
English tomb
Every English word from Old French entomber
Today it means
verb To deposit (a corpse) in a tomb.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French entomber / entomb