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euthanasia (n.)
c.1600, from Greek
euthanasia
"an easy or happy death," from
eu-
"good" (see
eu-
) +
thanatos
"death" (see
thanatology
). Sense of "legally sanctioned mercy killing" is first recorded in English 1869.
