English
funereal
Funereal comes from Latin funereus ‘funereal, of a funeral’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *fūnos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fūnosreconstructedearlier origin unknown
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnus‘funeral’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfunereus‘funereal, of a funeral’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600funerail
- Englishearliest quotation 1786funereal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fūnosreconstructedearlier origin unknown
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnus‘funeral’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfunereus‘funereal, of a funeral’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600funerail
- Englishearliest quotation 1786funereal
Earliest quotation: 1786, William Beckford, An Arabian Tale: “A funereal gloom prevailed over the whole ſcene.”
Formed from -al
Every English word from Proto-Italic *fūnos
Today it means
adj Of or relating to a funeral.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *fūnos / funereal