sacrilege
English
/ˈsækɹɪlɪd͡ʒ/
noun
Definitions
- Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sacrilege derived from Latin sacrilegium derived from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (make a treaty, sanctify).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seh₂k-
Gloss
make a treaty, sanctify
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sacrileger English
- sacrilegist English
- Sancus Latin
- sacrilegium Latin
- sacrilegus Latin
- sacrum Latin
- sagmen Latin
- samentum Latin
- sancio Latin
- sacrilegio Italian
- sacrilegie Dutch, Flemish
- sacrilegio Spanish, Castilian
- *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European
- *sh₂krós Proto-Indo-European
- sacrilégio Portuguese
- sacrilege Old French
- sacrilegi Catalan, Valencian
- sacrilexio Galician
- sacrilègi Occitan
- *sākris Proto-Italic
- sacrilexu Asturian