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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	sak-
DEFINITION:	To sanctify. 1. Suffixed form sak-ro-. a. sacred, sacristan, sexton; consecrate, execrate, from Latin sacer,* holy, sacred, dedicated; b. compound sakro-dht-, “performer of sacred rites” (-dht-, doer; see dh-). sacerdotal, from Latin sacerds, priest. 2. Nasalized form sa-n-k-. saint, sanctum; corposant, sacrosanct, sanctify, from Latin sancre* (past participle snctus), to make sacred, consecrate. (Pokorny sak- 878.)


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