Where does “blue savory” come from?
blue savory (English) comes from English savory, from Middle English savory, from Middle English savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin saporare, from Latin sapōrō, from Latin sapor — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
blue savory (English): Satureja coerulea or Satureja montana 'Coerulea', an herb which grows in Eastern Europe
Definitions
- Satureja coerulea or Satureja montana 'Coerulea', an herb which grows in Eastern Europe
Ancestry of “blue savory”, step by step
blue savory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English savory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | savory | Tasty, attractive to the palate; Salty and/or... |
| 2 | Middle English | savory | — |
| 3 | Middle English | savourie | — |
| 4 | Old French | savouré | — |
| 5 | Old French | savourer | to give taste |
| 6 | Late Latin | saporare | — |
| 7 | Latin | sapōrō | to flavour, make tasty |
| 8 | Latin | sapor | A taste, flavor, savor; A sense of taste; A... |
| 9 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English Blue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Blue | A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge; A member of... |
| 2 | Middle English | blēwe | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | blew | blue |
| 4 | Middle French | bleu | blue |
| 5 | Old French | blöe | blue |
| 6 | Latvian | blāvus | accusative plural masculine form of blāvs |
| 7 | Old High German | blāo | blue, dark, grey; blue; yellow |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | blāu | blue |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | blēwaz | blue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlēw- | yellow, blond, grey |