nex.
death; murder;
Meaning & usage
murder, slaughter, killing, violent death (as opposed to mors)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *neks, from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”). Cognate with Welsh angau (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”), 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”).
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