myEtymology.com: French etymology of sacrement

Etymology of the French word sacrement

the Old French word sacrement

derived from the Latin word sacramentum (sum deposited in a civil process, guaranty; oath of allegiance)

derived from the Latin word sacrare (consecrate, make sacred, dedicate)

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

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

English sacrament, Romanian sacrament

Dutch sacrament, English sacrament, German Sakrament, Icelandic sakramenta, Italian sacramento, Provençal sacrament, Swedish sakrament

Word found in Old French