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Where does “sacre” come from?

sacre (French) comes from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

sacre (French): sacred, holy; religious; absolute

Definitions

  1. sacred, holy; religious; absolute

Ancestry of “sacre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
2Middle French-é—
3Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “sacre”

  • sacrément
  • sacredieu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →