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Where does “sacríleg” come from?

sacríleg (Catalan) comes from Latin sacrilegus, from Latin -legus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

sacríleg (Catalan): sacrilegious

Definitions

  1. sacrilegious

Ancestry of “sacríleg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsacrilegusThat steals sacred things or robs a temple;...
2Latin-legusForms adjectives related to the concept of...
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “sacríleg”

  • sacrílegament
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