Is it weird that the word funeral has the word FUN in it?

[Anonymous]

That’s actually kind of morbid. Who did that

does “eral” mean end of the fun?
fun has ended? 😐

That’s creepy

That’s weird

It was done on purpose

I never realized it 😐

I know why they did that. I’ll explain bellow.

[BoopBoopBeep]

Warrior cultures celebrate death in battle as a way of achieving glory in the afterlife. Nordic cultures would have the elderly and infirm basically go on a suicide hike into the winter woods as a sacrifice which would then allocate more resources to the tribe.

In medieval times knights who fell in battle would have songs written about them and feasts in their honor. Similarly in feudal Japan and ancient Korea. The bloody unification of China brought about many celebrations of life that ended violently.

Bodies have been laid out in multiple cultures at these final celebratory remembrances of the fallen individual. "One last drink with the homies" sort of thing.

While admittedly the etymology of the words is unrelated, in a way it still somewhat makes sense, doesn't it?

[sawno]

Probably coincidence, how about fundamental for example? Or function, fungible, funneling, funding, funky, etc.

[HelpfulWoman]

- late Middle English: from Old French funeraille, from medieval Latin funeralia, neuter plural of late Latin funeralis, from Latin funus, funer- ‘funeral, death, corpse’.

[purplepoppy]

It's from the Latin funus they had different words for fun which derives from an old English word for fool.

[Asker]

So they disrespect the dead calling them fools? 😦

[andreasderjuengere]

It's as weird as saying
'good mourning'
each day when we get to work.

[Asker]

😐… … ..

[Astarlessnightsky]

Homeowner has the word Meow in it.

[Asker]

😅😅

[Yannae]

No it comes from Latin. It's a funny coincidence.

[Anonymous]

No, its just a coincidence.

[Asker]

You really think the person who named a funeral a funeral didn’t realize the word fun was the begging of the word? You REALLY think that was a coincidence?