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neco

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(Anglès)

(conjugation-1) to kill, murder (especially without physical wounding such as by poison or hunger)
(conjugation-1, figuratively) to thwart, check
(Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, conjugation-1) (transitive) to drown

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈnɛ.koː]

From nec- + -ō (denominative verb suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”). See also noxius (“harmful”), noceō (“I hurt, harm”), nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), as well as Middle Welsh angheu (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus, “a dead body”) and νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-n-θ-y-t-y /⁠vi-nathayatiy⁠/, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieⁱti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎- (nasu-, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “to disappear, perish”).