Inhume
/ɪnˈhjuːm/noun
To bury a dead body.
Did you know?It comes from Latin *inhumare*, and the same root behind *humble* and *human* is *humus* — earth, soil, the ground we return to.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dhghem-
“earth, ground”
Latin
Latin
humus
“earth, soil”
Latin
Latin
inhumāre
“to bury in the earth”
Middle French
Old French
inhumer
“to bury”
Early Modern English
English
inhume
“to bury a dead body”