Where does “saclike” come from?
saclike (English) comes from English sac, from English sacrifice, from Middle English sacrifice, from Old French sacrifise, from Latin sacrificium, from Latin sacrificus, from Latin sacrificō, from Latin faciō.
saclike (English): Resembling a sac or some aspect of one
Definitions
- Resembling a sac or some aspect of one
Ancestry of “saclike”, step by step
saclike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sac | A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that... |
| 2 | English | sacrifice | To offer as a gift to a deity; To give away to... |
| 3 | Middle English | sacrifice | a sacrifice |
| 4 | Old French | sacrifise | sacrifice |
| 5 | Latin | sacrificium | Something made sacred or given to a deity,... |
| 6 | Latin | sacrificus | Of or pertaining to sacrificing, sacrificial;... |
| 7 | Latin | sacrificō | to sacrifice (something) |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |