sacrificio

/sakɾiˈfiθjo/ · B1 · noun · m

forfeit

🐑🔥 sacri + ficio = sacred + make: Latin sacrificium, making something holy

From Latin sacer (holy) + facere (to make). The same roots appear in English sacred and factory, and the English word sacrifice comes from it too. It first meant offering an animal to the gods, which is where the meaning slaughter comes from.

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