Where does “sacerdotessa” come from?

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

sacerdotessa (Catalan): priestess

Definitions

  1. priestess

Ancestry of “sacerdotessa”, step by step

sacerdotessa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan sacerdot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalansacerdotpriest
2Italiansacerdotepriest, clergyman
3Latinsacerdōspriest, priestess, cleric
4Latinsacersacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed
5Proto-Indo-Europeansh₂króssacred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂k-sacred

via Catalan essa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanessaThe name of the Latin-script letter S; ess
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krósEvery word from Latin sacer