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==Origin==
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] sacrilegium, from sacrilegus one who robs [[sacred]] [[property]], from sacr-, sacer + legere to gather, steal
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] sacrilegium, from sacrilegus one who robs [[sacred]] [[property]], from sacr-, sacer + legere to gather, steal
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
Owing to the phonetic similarities between the [[words]] ''sacrilegious'' and [[religious]], and their [[spiritually]]-based uses in modern [[English]], many people mistakenly assume that the two [[words]] are etymologically linked, or that one is an antonym of the other. Religious is derived from the [[Latin]] word religio, meaning "[[reverence]], religion," whereas sacrilegious is derived ultimately from the Latin combining form sacr-, meaning sacred, and the verb legere, meaning "to steal". The Latin noun sacrilegus means "one who steals sacred things".
Owing to the phonetic similarities between the [[words]] ''sacrilegious'' and [[religious]], and their [[spiritually]]-based uses in modern [[English]], many people mistakenly assume that the two [[words]] are etymologically linked, or that one is an antonym of the other. Religious is derived from the [[Latin]] word religio, meaning "[[reverence]], religion," whereas sacrilegious is derived ultimately from the Latin combining form sacr-, meaning sacred, and the verb legere, meaning "to steal". The Latin noun sacrilegus means "one who steals sacred things".