Where does “sapience” come from?
sapience (English) comes from Middle English sapience, from Old French sapience, from Latin Sapientia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sapience (English): The property of being sapient, the property of...
Definitions
- The property of being sapient, the property of...
Ancestry of “sapience”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sapience | wisdom, discernment especially religious |
| 2 | Old French | sapience | wisdom, sapience |
| 3 | Latin | Sapientia | Wisdom |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |