Where does “sacrilegious” come from?

sacrilegious (English) comes from Latin sacer, from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- — sacred.

sacrilegious (English): Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very...

Definitions

  1. Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very...

Ancestry of “sacrilegious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsacersacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed
2Proto-Indo-Europeansh₂króssacred
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂k-sacred

Words derived from “sacrilegious”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós →Every word from Latin sacer →