English word sacrifice comes from Latin facere, Latin sacer, and later Latin sacrifico (I make or offer a sacrifice; I sacrifice.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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facere | Latin (lat) | |
sacer | Latin (lat) | (only poetic and in post-Augustan prose) Execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous; criminal, impious, wicked, abominable, cursed.. Devoted to a divinity for sacrifice, fated to destruction, forfeited, accursed.. Divine, celestial.. Sacred, holy, dedicated to a divinity, consecrated, hallowed (translating Greek ἱερός). |
sacrifico | Latin (lat) | I make or offer a sacrifice; I sacrifice. |
sacrificus | Latin (lat) | (of those sacrificing or praying) Mindful of sacrifices or of religion; prayerful, religious.. Of or pertaining to sacrificing, sacrificial. |
sacrificium | Latin (lat) | Something made sacred or given to a deity, sacrifice. |
sacrifice | French (fr) | Sacrifice. |
sacrifice | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
sacrifice | English (en) | (ambitransitive) To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.. (dated, tradesmen's, _, slang) To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value.. (transitive) To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.. (transitive) To trade (a value of higher [...] |