sacrilege

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsacrilegium
2. Old French · derived fromsacrilege
3. Middle English · inherited fromsacrilege
4. English todaysacrilege

Circa 1300, original sense “stealing something sacred”. From Middle English sacrilege, from Old French sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”). Sense of “profanation” from late 14th century.