Where does “desecrate” come from?
Desecrate comes from Latin de, a prefix meaning away or down, combined with a root ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European de.
desecrate (English): To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity...
Definitions
- To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity...
Ancestry of “desecrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | consecrate | To declare something holy, or make it holy by... |
| 2 | Middle English | consecraten | to consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify |
| 3 | Latin | cōnsecrō | To consecrate or dedicate |
| 4 | Latin | sacrō | to declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine |
| 5 | Latin | sacer | sacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂krós | sacred |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂k- | sacred |