Where does “serment” come from?
serment (French) comes from Middle French serement, from Old French sairement, from Old French sagrament, from Latin sacrāmentum, from Latin sacrō, from Latin sacer, from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- — sacred.
serment (French): oath, pledge
Definitions
- oath, pledge
Ancestry of “serment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | serement | oath; pledge |
| 2 | Old French | sairement | promise |
| 3 | Old French | sagrament | — |
| 4 | Latin | sacrāmentum | a sum of money deposited in pledge by two individuals involved in a suit, the money of the loser in the suit being used for religious purposes |
| 5 | Latin | sacrō | to declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine |
| 6 | Latin | sacer | sacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂krós | sacred |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂k- | sacred |