Added 9 October 2026
burial
/ˈbɛɹi.əl/ noun
In Latin: humātiō, illātiō, sepultūra Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about burial at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
From Middle English biriel, a backformation from biriels, which was re-interpreted as a plural, itself from from Old English byrġels, from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els. By surface analysis, bury + -al, but originally unrelated to this suffix.
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