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necro-

necro-

See also: necro, nécro, and nécro-

English

Prefix

necro-

  1. Forming compound words related to death or dead tissue.

Derived terms

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Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεκρο- ‎(nekro-), combining form of νεκρός ‎(nekrós) "dead".

Prefix

necro-

  1. necro-

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεκρο- ‎(nekro-), combining form of νεκρός ‎(nekrós) "dead".

Prefix

necro-

  1. necro- (relating to death)

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεκρο- ‎(nekro-), combining form of νεκρός ‎(nekrós) "dead".

Prefix

necro-

  1. necro-

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_words_prefixed_with_necro-'>Spanish words prefixed with necro-</a>

Etymology

From combining form of Ancient Greek νεκρός ‎(nekrós, “dead body”),from Proto-Indo-European suffixed full-grade *nekro- of *neḱ- ‎(“perish, disappear”); see also Middle Welsh angheu ‎(“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Latin noxius ‎(“harmful”), Latin nocēre ‎(“to hurt, harm”), Latin nex ‎(“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 ‎(vi-nathayatiy, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 ‎(nasyeiti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎 ‎(nasu-, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति ‎(naśyati, “disappear, perish”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛkɹəʊ/

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