Etymograph

English

funeration

Funeration comes from Latin fūnerō ‘to funerate’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *fūnos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fūnos1reconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnus2‘funeral’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnerō2‘to funerate’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnerātus2past participle of fūnerō
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnerātiō2
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1693funeration2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin funus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English funeration
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1693, Sir Norman Knatchbull: “For in the Rites of funeration they did use…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fūnosWiktionary, Latin funusreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnusWiktionary, English funeration‘funeral’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnerōWiktionary, English funeration‘to funerate’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnerātusWiktionary, English funerationpast participle of fūnerō
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnerātiōWiktionary, English funeration
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1693funerationWiktionary, English funeration. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1693, Sir Norman Knatchbull: “For in the Rites of funeration they did use…”

Every English word from Proto-Italic *fūnos

Today it means

noun the act of burying with funeral rites

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “funeration”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin funus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *fūnos / funeration

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