Where does “sacerdote” come from?

sacerdote (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish sacerdote, from Latin sacerdōs, from Latin sacer, from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- — sacred.

sacerdote (Spanish): priest

Definitions

  1. priest

Ancestry of “sacerdote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishsacerdotepriest
2Latinsacerdōspriest, priestess, cleric
3Latinsacersacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed
4Proto-Indo-Europeansh₂króssacred
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂k-sacred

Words derived from “sacerdote”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂k- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sh₂krós →Every word from Latin sacer →