Where does “sacrificing” come from?
Sacrificing comes from Old French sacrifice, from Latin sacrificium, derived from Latin sacrificus and facio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
sacrificing (English): present participle of sacrifice
Definitions
- present participle of sacrifice
Ancestry of “sacrificing”, step by step
| 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 | — |