Etymology of the English word sanction
the English word
sanctionderived from the Old French word
sanctionderived from the Latin word
sanctio (law, ordinance, sanction)
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 sanction in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
sanctioned,
sanctioningCognates
Dutch
sanctie, French
sanction, German
Sanktion, Norwegian
sanksjon, Swedish
sanktionUsage
Word found in Modern English
