myEtymology.com: English etymology of sacrificing

Etymology of the English word sacrificing

the English word sacrificing

derived from the English word sacrifice

derived from the Old French word sacrifice

derived from the Latin word sacrificium (sacrifice, offering to a deity)

derived from the Latin word sacer (sacred; sacred, holy, consecrated)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sak-

derived from the Latin word sacrificare (sacrifice; celebrate the Mass)

derived from the Latin word sacrum (sacrifice; sacred vessel; religious rites)

using the Late Latin suffix -ficare

derived from the Latin word facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dhē-

using the Latin suffix -ficium