Sacrificee
/ˌsæk.rɪˈfaɪ.siː/noun
A person or living thing that is sacrificed.
Did you know?Its root is linked to Latin sacer, meaning “sacred,” a word whose semantic shadow could include both holiness and taboo contamination.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sak-
“To make sacred or set apart; the reconstructed root behind later religious vocabulary.”
Classical Latin
Latin
sacer
“Sacred, consecrated, or set apart; sometimes also accursed or taboo.”
Classical Latin
Latin
sacrificium
“A sacred offering or religious sacrifice, literally an act of making something sacred.”
Medieval Latin
Latin
sacrificare
“To make a sacred offering; to sacrifice.”
12th–13th Century
Old French
sacrifice
“A religious offering, and later the act of giving something up.”
19th Century
English
sacrificee
“A person or being subjected to sacrifice, formed from sacrifice plus the agentive-object suffix -ee.”