Where does “sacerdot” come from?

sacerdot (Catalan) comes from Italian sacerdote, from Latin sacerdōs, from Latin sacer, from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- — sacred.

sacerdot (Catalan): priest

Definitions

  1. priest

Ancestry of “sacerdot”, step by step

sacerdot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian sacerdote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansacerdotepriest, clergyman
2Latinsacerdōspriest, priestess, cleric
3Latinsacersacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed
4Proto-Indo-Europeansh₂króssacred
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂k-sacred

via Latin sacerdotem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsacerdotemaccusative singular of sacerdōs

Words derived from “sacerdot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós →Every word from Latin sacer →