Where does “desecrator” come from?
desecrator (English) comes from English desecrate, from English consecrate, from Middle English consecraten, from Latin cōnsecrō, from Latin sacrō, from Latin sacer, from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- — sacred.
desecrator (English): A person who profanes or violates the sacredness or sanctity of something
Definitions
- A person who profanes or violates the sacredness or sanctity of something
Ancestry of “desecrator”, step by step
desecrator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English desecrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | desecrate | To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity... |
| 2 | English | consecrate | To declare something holy, or make it holy by... |
| 3 | Middle English | consecraten | to consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify |
| 4 | Latin | cōnsecrō | To consecrate or dedicate |
| 5 | Latin | sacrō | to declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine |
| 6 | Latin | sacer | sacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂krós | sacred |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂k- | sacred |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |