Where does “sacrilege” come from?
Sacrilege comes from Old French sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium, formed from Latin sacer (sacred) and lego (to gather or steal), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning sacred and to collect.
sacrilege (English): Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of...
Definitions
- Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of...
Ancestry of “sacrilege”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | sacrilege | sacrilege |
| 2 | Latin | sacrilegium | The robbing of a temple, stealing of sacred... |
| 3 | Latin | sacrilegus | That steals sacred things or robs a temple;... |
| 4 | Latin | -legus | Forms adjectives related to the concept of... |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
Words derived from “sacrilege”