Where does “Sage” come from?
Sage comes from Middle English sage, from Old French sage, from Latin sapius, from Latin sapere meaning "to taste or perceive," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sap-.
Ancestry of “Sage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | sage | A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom... |
| 2 | Old French | sage | wise |
| 3 | Latin | sagāx | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “Sage”