Where does “creeping sage” come from?
creeping sage (English) comes from English Sage, from Middle English sage, from Old French sage, from Latin sagāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
creeping sage (English): Salvia sonomensis, a species of sage with blue to purple flowers
Definitions
- Salvia sonomensis, a species of sage with blue to purple flowers
Ancestry of “creeping sage”, step by step
creeping sage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Sage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sage | One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, older than a middle-aged Father and boyish Master |
| 2 | Middle English | sage | A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom... |
| 3 | Old French | sage | wise |
| 4 | Latin | sagāx | of quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English creeping
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creeping | present participle of creep; The act of something... |
| 2 | Middle English | crepynge | Creeping; slithering, moving stealthily or low to... |
| 3 | Middle English | crepen | To move in a subtle or secretive way; To enter or... |
| 4 | Old English | crēopan | to creep, crawl |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kreupan | to creep, crawl |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kreupaną | to twist, to creep |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |