necro-

From Ancient Greek 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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛk.ɹəʊ/

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necro-

1. death or dead tissue.

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

From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”).

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

necro-

1. necro-

• tanato-

• cerno

From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”).

necro-

1. necro- (relating to death)

From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”).

• IPA^(key): /nekɾo/ [ne.kɾo]
• Syllabification: ne‧cro-

necro-

1. necro-

• “necro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024