bustum.
tomb, grave-mound; corpse; funeral pyre, ashes; heap of ashes (remains of city);
Meaning & usage
burial mound, grave, tomb
a place for burning funeral pyres (with human remains interred at or near the site)
Where this word comes from
Backformed from compounds of Latin ūrere, ū̆stum (“to burn”), via metanalysis of amb-ū̆stum as am-bū̆stum, which also led to combūrō. The interpretation of the word was thus "place for burning things around" > "place for funeral pyres" > "burial mound", whence later senses of "upper torso" in descendant languages. Compare also the etymology of the related Italian bruciare (“to burn”).
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