Cinerary
/ˈsɪn.əˌrɛr.i/noun
Relating to ashes or to the urns used for the ashes of the dead.
Did you know?Cinerary comes from Latin *cinis* (“ashes”), the same root behind *incinerate*—so the word family literally lives in the vocabulary of burning, ruin, and cremation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱei-
“to lie down, settle; later developments in related branches produced words for ashes and soot in Latin”
Latin
Latin
cinis
“ashes, especially the ashes of the dead or of something burned”
Late Latin
Latin
cinerarius
“pertaining to ashes; used for things connected with cremation or ash”
Middle English
English
cinerarie
“relating to ashes or ashes containers”
Modern English
English
cinerary
“relating to ashes or to funeral urns containing ashes”
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