Where does “sanctions” come from?
Sanctions derives from Middle French sanction, from Latin sanctio meaning an authoritative decree, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- meaning to sanctify or make sacred.
sanctions (English): plural of sanction; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of sanction; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “sanctions”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sanction | An approval, by an authority, generally one that... |
| 2 | Middle French | sanction | — |
| 3 | Latin | sanctiō | law, decree |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |