sacrilegium
Latin
noun
Definitions
- The robbing of a temple, stealing of sacred objects, sacrilege.
- Violation of sacred things, profanation, sacrilege.
Etymology
Suffix from Latin sacrilegus (sacrilegious).
Origin
Latin
sacrilegus
Gloss
sacrilegious
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sacrilege English
- Sancus Latin
- sacer Latin
- sacrilege Latin
- sacrilegus Latin
- sacrum Latin
- sagmen Latin
- samentum Latin
- sancio Latin
- sacrilegio Italian
- sacrilego Italian
- sacrilegie Dutch, Flemish
- sacrilège French
- sacrilegio Spanish, Castilian
- sacrílego Spanish, Castilian
- *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European
- *sh₂krós Proto-Indo-European
- sacrilégio Portuguese
- sacrílego Portuguese
- sacrilege Old French
- sacrilegi Catalan, Valencian
- sacríleg Catalan, Valencian
- sacrilexio Galician
- sacrílego Galician
- sacrilègi Occitan
- *sākris Proto-Italic
- sacrilexu Asturian