Etymograph

English

funebrial

Funebrial comes from Latin funebris ‘belonging to a funeral’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *fūnos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fūnosreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfunus‘funeral’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfunebris‘belonging to a funeral’
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1683funebrial

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fūnosreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfunus‘funeral’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfunebris‘belonging to a funeral’
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1683funebrial

Earliest quotation: c. 1683, Thomas Brown [i.e., (please specify the page): “they [garlands] were convivial, festival, sacrificial, nuptial, honorary, funebrial”.

Linked words

through Latin funus ‘funeral’

funeral, funerary, funereal, 3 more

Today it means

adj Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *fūnos / funebrial

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