Where does “sacrifice” come from?
sacrifice (French) comes from Latin sacrificium, from Latin sacrificus, from Latin sacrificō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
sacrifice (French): sacrifice
Ancestry of “sacrifice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | sacrificium | Something made sacred or given to a deity,... |
| 2 | Latin | sacrificus | Of or pertaining to sacrificing, sacrificial;... |
| 3 | Latin | sacrificō | — |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “sacrifice”