Etymograph

English

sacramental

Sacramental comes from Latin sacrāmentum ‘sacrament’, from sacrō ‘consecrate, dedicate, devote’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- ‘to make sacred’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seh₂k-‘to make sacred’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sh₂krósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sakros‘sacred’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*sakrāō‘to sanctify’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacrō‘consecrate, dedicate, devote’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacrāmentum‘sacrament’
  7. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500sacrāmentālis
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400sacramental
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1898same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seh₂k-‘to make sacred’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sh₂krósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sakros‘sacred’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*sakrāō‘to sanctify’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacrō‘consecrate, dedicate, devote’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacrāmentum‘sacrament’
  7. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500sacrāmentālis
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400sacramental
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1898same form

Earliest quotation: 1898, Hermann Rolfus, Illustrated explanation of the holy sacraments: “The Sacramentals. Besides the holy sacraments there are things…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- ‘to make sacred’

saint, sanction, santo, sanctity, sanctification, 11 more

through Proto-Italic *sakros ‘sacred’

sacrilege, 7 more

through Latin sacrō ‘consecrate, dedicate, devote’

consecration, consecrate, sacre, 3 more

Today it means

adj Used in, or relating to, a sacrament.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- / sacramental

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