English
Holycaust
Blend of holy + Holocaust.
Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘intact’
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Proto-Germanic *hailagaz ‘holy’
Proto-West Germanic *hailag ‘holy’
Old English hāleġ ‘holy’
Middle English ali
English holy
Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’
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Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστον
Late Latin holocaustum
Anglo-Norman holocauste
Middle English holocaust ‘burnt offering’
English Holocaust
Today it means
name The Holocaust, regarded as an event worthy of worship or veneration.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Holycaust