'non-sacrificial' originates from the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and the word 'sacrificial' which comes from Latin 'sacrificium', where 'sacri-' meant 'sacred' and '-ficium' meant 'making'.

'sacrificium' transformed into the Old French word 'sacrifice', and eventually became the modern English word 'sacrificial'. The prefix 'non-' was added to form 'non-sacrificial'.

Initially, 'sacrificial' meant 'pertaining to a sacrifice', but with the prefix 'non-', it evolved to mean 'not involving a sacrifice'.