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Mausoleum

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a large, stately building housing a tomb or tombs
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Mausolos
Greek · ancient
"a ruler's name"
a Persian satrap whose legendary tomb was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world
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mausoleum
English · 1600s
"a grand, stately tomb"
broadened from the specific tomb to any grand, stately burial structure
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