English
Sanchez
Sanchez comes from Spanish Sancho.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentSancho
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentSánchez
- Englishearliest quotation 1862Sanchez
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentSancho
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentSánchez
- Englishearliest quotation 1862Sanchez
Earliest quotation: 1862, Richard Hill, Haïti and Spain: A Memorial: “[…]—clearing out by military murders,—since they are executions without…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- ‘to make sacred’
consecration, sacrilege, sacramental, consecrate, 11 more
through Proto-Italic *sankiō ‘to consecrate’
through Latin sānctus ‘sanctified or made holy’
saint, sanctuary, santo, sanctity, sanctum, sanctification, 5 more
Today it means
name A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic]; variant form Sánchez.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Sancho / Sanchez