Where does “sagesse” come from?
sagesse (English) comes from French sagesse, from French 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.
sagesse (English): wisdom
Ancestry of “sagesse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | sagesse | wisdom, reason, sense; prudence; foresight |
| 2 | French | sage | wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious; Chaste,... |
| 3 | Old French | sage | wise |
| 4 | Latin | sagāx | — |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 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 |