Entomb
/ɪnˈtuːm/noun
To place a dead body in a tomb or grave.
Did you know?Entomb is a true compound built from the prefix en- (“in”) and tomb, and tomb itself comes from a word for a burial mound—so the word carries the architecture of death right inside it.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
tumere
“to swell”
Late Latin
Latin
tumba
“a tomb or burial mound”
Old French
Old French
tombe
“a grave, tomb”
Middle English
English
entomben
“to place in a tomb”
Modern English
English
entomb
“to place in a tomb or grave”