Proto-Italic

*sankiō

‘to consecrate’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *sankiō.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *sankiō, most familiar first.

• saint ← sanct ← sānctus ← sanciō
• sanction ← sānctiō ← sanciō
• santo ← sancto ← sānctus ← *sanktos
• sanctity ← sanctete ← sānctitās ← sānctus ← *sanktos
• sanctification ← sanctificacion ← sanctificātionem ← sanctificō ← sānctus
• santon ← santo ← santo ← sancto ← sānctus
• santero ← santo ← santo ← sancto ← sānctus
• santería ← santero ← santo ← santo ← sancto
• sanctitude ← sanctitudo ← sānctus ← *sanktos

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *sankiō