Word Origin Summary

Τάφος is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• taphophobia

  English · derived from

• tafone

  English · derived from

• tapho-

  English · derived from

• τάφος

  Greek · inherited from

• taphoflora

  English · derived from

• taphonomy

  English · derived from

What You Can Explore

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