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santificar.

to sanctify (to treat as holy)

10 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/sɐ̃.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[sɐ̃.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]Brazil/sɐ̃.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/São-Paulo/sɐ̃.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to sanctify (to treat as holy)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *sh₂nékti Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Italic *-iō Proto-Italic *sankiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Proto-Italic *sanktos Latin sānctus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin sānctificārelbor. Portuguese santificar Learned borrowing from Latin sānctificāre. Doublet of santigar and santiguar. By surface analysis, santo + -ificar.

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