English
human sacrifice
From human + sacrifice.
A compound of human + sacrifice
Latin hūmānus ‘of man’
Old French humain
Middle French humain ‘human’
Middle English humaigne
English human
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
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Latin faciō ‘to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect’
Latin sacrificium ‘something offered to a deity, sacrifice’
Old French sacrifise
Middle English sacrifice ‘act of offering a life or object to a deity’
English sacrifice
Today it means
noun The killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / human sacrifice