necro-

See also: necro, nécro, and nécro-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεκρο- (nekro-), the combining form of νεκρός (nekrós, “dead body”), from the 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”), nocēo (“to hurt, harm”), nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-n-θ-y-t-y /vi-nathayatiy/, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (nasiieⁱti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎-‎ (nasu-, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛk.ɹəʊ/

Prefix

necro-

1. death or dead tissue.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with necro-

Translations

related to death

• Finnish: nekro-
• French: nécro- (fr)
• Galician: necro- (gl)
• German: nekro- (de)
• Italian: necro- (it)
• Japanese: 影霊 (kagerei)
• Polish: nekro- (pl)
• Portuguese: necro- (pt)
• Russian: некро- (nekro-)
• Spanish: necro- (es)
• Swedish: nekro-

Anagrams

• Ceron, Creon, Crone, Oncer, crone, oncer, recon

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɛ.kro/
• Syllabification: nè‧cro-

Prefix

necro-

1. necro-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with necro-

See also

• tanato-

Anagrams

• cerno

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

Spanish terms prefixed with necro-

Further reading

• “necro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014