Where does “presanctified” come from?
presanctified (English) comes from English sanctified, from English sanctify, from Anglo-Norman seintefier, from Old French saintefier, from Latin sanctificare, from Latin sanctifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio — to do, put, place.
presanctified (English): Sanctified in advance: applied to the Divine...
Definitions
- Sanctified in advance: applied to the Divine...
Ancestry of “presanctified”, step by step
presanctified traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sanctified
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sanctified | Made holy; set aside for sacred or ceremonial... |
| 2 | English | sanctify | To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | seintefier | — |
| 4 | Old French | saintefier | to canonize |
| 5 | Latin | sanctificare | present active infinitive of sānctificō;... |
| 6 | Latin | sanctifico | I consecrate; make holy; set aside for sacred or... |
| 7 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 8 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
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 |