English
sacrarium
Sacrarium comes from Latin sacrārium ‘a place where sacred objects are kept’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seh₂k-‘to make sacred’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sh₂krósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sakros‘sacred’reconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEsakros
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEsacros
- Old Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCE*sakr̥sreconstructed
- Old Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCE*sakerrreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacer‘sacred, holy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacrārium‘a place where sacred objects are kept’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886sacrarium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seh₂k-‘to make sacred’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sh₂krósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sakros‘sacred’reconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEsakros
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEsacros
- Old Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCE*sakr̥sreconstructed
- Old Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCE*sakerrreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacer‘sacred, holy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacrārium‘a place where sacred objects are kept’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886sacrarium
Earliest quotation: 1886, Thomas Hardy: “The hay-trusser deposited his basket by the font, went…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- ‘to make sacred’
saint, sanction, santo, sanctity, sanctification, 10 more
through Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós
through Proto-Italic *sakros ‘sacred’
consecration, consecrate, sacramental, 6 more
through Latin sacer ‘sacred, holy’
Today it means
noun In Ancient Rome, a place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- / sacrarium