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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsavyne—
2Old Frenchsavine—
3LatinSabina—

Words derived from “savin”

  • savine
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