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Where does “sacrificable” come from?

sacrificable (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.

sacrificable (English): That can be sacrificed; expendable

Definitions

  1. That can be sacrificed; expendable

Ancestry of “sacrificable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsacrificeTo offer as a gift to a deity; To give away to...
2Middle Englishsacrifice—
3Old Frenchsacrifisesacrifice
4LatinsacrificiumSomething made sacred or given to a deity,...
5LatinsacrificusOf or pertaining to sacrificing, sacrificial;...
6Latinsacrificō—
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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