Sacer etymology

Latin

Latin word sacer comes from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-

Detailed word origin of sacer

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*sh₂krós Proto-Indo-European (ine)
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).

Words with the same origin as sacer

Descendants of *seh₂k-

sacerdos