nex

Meaning

murder, slaughter, killing, violent death (as opposed to mors)

Concepts

slaughter

death

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murder

violent death

killing

assassination

dead

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slaying

die

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Synonyms

mors

💀

finis

🔚

letum

mortuus

💀

quietus

caedes

morī

caedēs

exitium

homicīdium

Translations

meurtre

moord

Mord

assassinio

asesinato

σφαγή

cinayet

morte

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mort

تَقْتِيل

morte

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assassinat

Schlachtung

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈnɛks]

Etymology

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”).