Etymology

sacrificer

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Today it means: Someone who sacrifices, one who makes a sacrifice. Full definition →

English sacrifice ← Middle English sacrifice ← Old French sacrifise
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₂k-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂krós
  3. Proto-Italic*sakros
  4. Old Latinsacros
  5. Old Latin*sakr̥s
  6. Old Latin*sakerr
  7. Latinsacer
  8. Latinsacrum
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  12. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  13. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  14. Latinfaciō
  15. Latinsacrificium
  16. Old Frenchsacrifise
  17. Middle Englishsacrifice
  18. Englishsacrifice
  19. English todaysacrificer

From sacrifice + -er.

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