Proto-Indo-European

*seh₂k-

‘to make a pact, treaty’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-, most familiar first.

• saint ← sanct ← sānctus ← sanciō ← *sankiō
• sanction ← sānctiō ← sanciō ← *sankiō
• santo ← sancto ← sānctus ← *sanktos ← *sankiō
• sanctity ← sanctete ← sānctitās ← sānctus ← *sanktos
• consecration ← cōnsecrātiō ← cōnsecrō ← sacrō ← *sakrāō
• sacrilege ← sacrilegium ← sacrilegus ← sacer ← *sakerr
• sacramental ← sacrāmentālis ← sacrāmentum ← sacrō ← *sakrāō
• sanctification ← sanctificacion ← sanctificātionem ← sanctificō ← sānctus
• consecrate ← consecraten ← cōnsecrō ← sacrō ← *sakrāō
• execrable ← exsecrābilis ← exsecror ← sacer ← *sakerr
• santon ← santo ← santo ← sancto ← sānctus
• execration ← exsecrātiō ← exsecror ← sacer ← *sakerr

More words from *seh₂k-

• sacramentum
• santero
• sacration
• sacrarium
• sacrification
• sanctitude
• sacrify

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-