Etymograph

English

sacral

Sacral comes from Latin sacrum ‘sacred, holy’, and goes back to sacer.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacer‘sacred, holy’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacrum‘sacred, holy’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2001sacral

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacer‘sacred, holy’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacrum‘sacred, holy’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2001sacral

Earliest quotation: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow: “An old site with sacral connotations.”

Linked words

through Latin sacer ‘sacred, holy’

sexton, sacrilege, 9 more

Today it means

adj Of the sacrum.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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