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bustum

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(Anglès)

(declension-2, neuter) burial mound, grave, tomb
(declension-2, neuter) a place for burning funeral pyres (with human remains interred at or near the site)

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈbʊs.tũː]

Backformed from compounds of Latin ūrere, ustum (“to burn”), via metanalysis of amb-ustum as am-bustum, 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”).