Where does “sanctify” come from?
Sanctify comes from Old French seintefier and saintefier, from Latin sanctifico, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to make or do.
sanctify (English): To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for...
Definitions
- To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for...
Ancestry of “sanctify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | seintefier | — |
| 2 | Old French | saintefier | to canonize |
| 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 |