necro-

See also nécro-

English

Etymology

From combining form of Ancient Greek νεκρός (“dead body”),from Proto-Indo-European *nek (“death, natural death”); see also Welsh angeu (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish ec, Latin noxius (“harmful”), Latin nocere (“to hurt, harm”), Latin necis (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian vi-nathayatiy (“he injures”), Avestan nasyeiti (“disappears”), nasu- (“corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).