Where does “presacrifice” come from?
presacrifice (English) comes from English sacrifice, from Middle English sacrifice, from Old French sacrifise, from Latin sacrificium, from Latin sacrificus, from Latin sacrificō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
presacrifice (English): Prior to a sacrifice
Definitions
- Prior to a sacrifice
Ancestry of “presacrifice”, step by step
presacrifice traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sacrifice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sacrifice | To offer as a gift to a deity; To give away to... |
| 2 | Middle English | sacrifice | a sacrifice |
| 3 | Old French | sacrifise | sacrifice |
| 4 | Latin | sacrificium | Something made sacred or given to a deity,... |
| 5 | Latin | sacrificus | Of or pertaining to sacrificing, sacrificial;... |
| 6 | Latin | sacrificō | to sacrifice (something) |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |