euthanasia
/ˌjuːθəˈneɪʒə/yoo-thuh-NAY-zhuh
/ˌjuθəˈneɪʒə/yoo-thuh-NAY-zhuh
Meaninga good death
Common meaning: a gentle, deliberate death
- euwell, good (Greek eu)
- thandeathLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 661 · scan
- asiaGreek noun ending (-asia)
‘well, good (Greek eu)’ + ‘death’ → euthanasia
Journey through time
- Greekθάνατος‘death’
- Englisheuthanasia‘a gentle, deliberate death’ · today
eu- also in: euphemismeucalyptus
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek θάνατος ‘death’.
Roots
- θάνατος Greek “death”
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