Where does “sanction” come from?
Sanction comes from Middle French sanction, from Latin sanctio (a decree or penalty), derived from sanctus (holy, sacred), the past participle of Latin sancio (to make sacred or inviolable), from Proto-Indo-European sh₂nékti ~ sh₂nkénti, ultimately from seh₂k-.
sanction (English): An approval, by an authority, generally one that...
Definitions
- An approval, by an authority, generally one that...
Ancestry of “sanction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | sanction | — |
| 2 | Latin | sanctiō | law, decree |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |