Where does “sanctification” come from?
Sanctification comes from Old French sanctificacion, from Latin sanctificationem (noun form of sanctificare, meaning to make holy), derived from Latin facio (to make), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- (to put or place).
sanctification (English): The process by which a Christian believer is...
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Ancestry of “sanctification”, step by step
sanctification traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French sanctificacion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | sanctificacion | — |
| 2 | Latin | sanctificātionem | — |
| 3 | Latin | sanctificare | present active infinitive of sānctificō;... |
| 4 | Latin | sanctifico | I consecrate; make holy; set aside for sacred or... |
| 5 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 6 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Latin sanctificatio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sanctificatio | sanctification |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |