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catafalque

/ˈkatəfalk/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀 (fala)bor. Latin fala Vulgar Latin [Term?]? Italian catafalcobor. French catafalquebor. English catafalque Borrowed from French catafalque, from Italian catafalco, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”), which is from Etruscan. Also influenced scaffold.

  1. -(ett)→
  2. fala(Latin)→
  3. κατά(Ancient Greek)→
  4. *catafalicum(la-vul)→
  5. catafalco(Italian)→
  6. catafalque(French)→
  7. catafalque (English)
  8. Relations: bor, der, der, der, der, der

Related words

catafalque(French)catafalco(Italian)*catafalicum(la-vul)κατά(Ancient Greek)fala(Latin)-(ett)

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