Where does “sacramento” come from?

sacramento (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese sacramento, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacramentum, from Latin sacrō, from Latin sacer, from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- — sacred.

sacramento (Portuguese): sacrament

Definitions

  1. sacrament

Ancestry of “sacramento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesacramento—
2Ecclesiastical Latinsacramentumsacrament
3Latinsacrōto declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine
4Latinsacersacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed
5Proto-Indo-Europeansh₂króssacred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂k-sacred
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós →Every word from Latin sacer →