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cremation (n.)
1620s, from Latin
cremationem
(nominative
crematio
), noun of action from past participle stem of
cremare
"to burn, consume by fire" (also used of the dead), from PIE
*krem-
, extended form of root
*ker-
(4) "heat, fire" (see
carbon
).
