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Where does “San” come from?

San (English) comes from English sanatorium, from Latin sanatus, from Latin sānō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

San (English): Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of...

Definitions

  1. Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of...

Ancestry of “San”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsanatoriumAn institution that treats chronic diseases, and...
2Latinsanatushealed, cured; restored, repaired, corrected
3Latinsānō—
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “San”

  • Khoisan
  • Khoisan
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