Where does “sacrilègi” come from?

sacrilègi (Occitan) comes from Latin sacrilegium, from Latin sacrilegus, from Latin -legus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

sacrilègi (Occitan): sacrilege

Definitions

  1. sacrilege

Ancestry of “sacrilègi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsacrilegiumThe robbing of a temple, stealing of sacred...
2LatinsacrilegusThat steals sacred things or robs a temple;...
3Latin-legusForms adjectives related to the concept of...
4Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
6Proto-Italic-os
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Latin -legus
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