Etymology

self-sacrifice

Today it means: The giving up of one's own benefit for the good of others. Full definition →

English sacrifice ← Middle English sacrifice ← Old French sacrifise
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*seh₂k-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂krós
  10. Proto-Italic*sakros
  11. Old Latinsacros
  12. Old Latin*sakr̥s
  13. Old Latin*sakerr
  14. Latinsacer
  15. Latinsacrum
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  19. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  20. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  21. Latinfaciō
  22. Latinsacrificium
  23. Old Frenchsacrifise
  24. Middle Englishsacrifice
  25. Englishsacrifice
  26. English todayself-sacrifice

From self- + sacrifice.

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