English
hic jacet
Hic jacet comes from Latin hīc jacet ‘here lies’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhīc jacet‘here lies’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859hic jacet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhīc jacet‘here lies’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859hic jacet
Earliest quotation: 1859, Alfred Tennyson, Vivien: “What, in the precincts of the chapel-yard, / Among…”
Every English word from Latin hīc jacet
Today it means
noun An epitaph (gravestone inscription).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hīc jacet / hic jacet