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Where does “desanctification” come from?

desanctification (English) comes from English sanctification, from Old French sanctificacion, from Latin sanctificātionem, from Latin sanctificare, from Latin sanctifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō — to do, put, place.

desanctification (English): Removal or reversal of sanctification

Definitions

  1. Removal or reversal of sanctification

Ancestry of “desanctification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsanctificationThe process by which a Christian believer is...
2Old Frenchsanctificacion—
3Latinsanctificātionem—
4Latinsanctificarepresent active infinitive of sānctificō;...
5LatinsanctificoI consecrate; make holy; set aside for sacred or...
6Latin-ficoForms factitive, causative, or other verbs from...
7LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
8Proto-Italicfakjōto make
9Proto-Italic*θakjō—
10Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →