We have been hearing quite a lot about the
word “sacrifice” recently – particularly in relation to US Presidential
candidate Donald Trump and his "dispute" with the Khan family.
I am no Latin scholar but as I understand
it the word Sacrifice derives from the
Latin Sacrificium, which in turn has
its root in the Latin sacrificus
(performing priestly functions or sacrifices), which combined the concepts sacra
(sacred things) and facere (to do or perform).
Now, to my mind the
parents of the late US Army Captain Humayun Khan, who sacrificed his life to
save the men he commanded, are quite right in their statement that Trump has
sacrificed nothing.
I cannot conceive
that building large structures, employing “thousands of people” and spending
millions of dollars equates in any shape or form with the term “sacrifice”.
So there we have it –
Sacrifice actually means to make Sacred.
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