Latin

sānctus

‘sacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin sānctus.

11 English words in this record descend from Latin sānctus, most familiar first.

• saint ← sanct
• sanctuary ← seyntuarie ← saintuaire ← sanctuarium
• santo ← sancto
• sanctity ← sanctete ← sānctitās
• sanctum
• sanctification ← sanctificacion ← sanctificātionem ← sanctificō
• santon ← santo ← santo ← sancto
• sanctimony ← sanctimonie ← sānctimōnia
• santero ← santo ← santo ← sancto
• santería ← santero ← santo ← santo ← sancto
• sanctitude ← sanctitudo

Etymograph / Latin sānctus