Where does “savin” come from?

Savin comes from Old French savine, from Latin sabina, a type of juniper plant.

savin (English): The evergreen shrub "Juniperus sabina", endemic...

Definitions

  1. The evergreen shrub "Juniperus sabina", endemic...

Ancestry of “savin”, step by step

savin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English savyne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsavyneSavin or a similar plant
2Old Frenchsavine—
3LatinSabina—

via Ancient Greek Σάββας

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΣάββας—
2Aramaicסבאold man, grandfather

Words derived from “savin”

Every word from Latin Sabina →Every word from Old French savine →Every word from Middle English savyne →