Etymology of the English word sacrosanct
the English word
sacrosanctderived from the Latin word
sacrosanctus (consecrated by religious ceremony, sacred, inviolable)
derived from the Latin word
sacer (sacred; sacred, holy, consecrated)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sak-derived from the Late Latin word
sanctus (consecrated, sacred, inviolable; saint)
derived from the Latin word
sancire (confirm, ratify; sanction)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sak-Date
The earliest known usage of sacrosanct in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
French
sacro-saint, German
sakrosankt, Norwegian
sakrosankt, Swedish
sakrosanktUsage
Word found in Modern English
