sacrifer etymology

Latin word sacrifer comes from Latin -fer (-bearing, -carrying, -bringing.), Latin sacer

Detailed word origin of sacrifer

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-fer Latin (lat) -bearing, -carrying, -bringing.
sacer Latin (lat) (only poetic and in post-Augustan prose) Execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous; criminal, impious, wicked, abominable, cursed.. Devoted to a divinity for sacrifice, fated to destruction, forfeited, accursed.. Divine, celestial.. Sacred, holy, dedicated to a divinity, consecrated, hallowed (translating Greek ἱερός).
sacrifer Latin (lat) Bearing sacred things.

Words with the same origin as sacrifer

Descendants of -fer
aquilifer cupressifer dactylifer dulcifer fructifer glandulifer grandifer imbrifer letifer lucifer margaritifer mellifer nimbifer noctifer nucifer palmifer patellifer peltifer pinifer signifer soporifer sudorifer velifer vexillifer
Descendants of sacer
obsecro sacrum