Etymology of the Latin word sacrificare
the Latin word
sacrificare (sacrifice; celebrate the Mass)
derived from the Latin word
sacrum (sacrifice; sacred vessel; religious rites)
using the Late Latin suffix
-ficarederived 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-Derivations in Latin
sacrificator,
sacrificans,
desacrificare,
sacrificatio,
sacrificiumDerivations in other languages
Italian
sacrificare, Portuguese
sacrificar, Romanian
sacrifica, Spanish
sacrificar
