Where does “savory” come from?
Savory comes from Middle English savory, from Old French savouré, from Latin satureia, while the related Old French savour derives from Latin sapor meaning taste or flavor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sap-.
savory (English): Tasty, attractive to the palate; Salty and/or...
Definitions
- Tasty, attractive to the palate; Salty and/or...
Ancestry of “savory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | savory | — |
| 2 | Middle English | savourie | — |
| 3 | Old French | savouré | — |
| 4 | Old French | savourer | to give taste |
| 5 | Late Latin | saporare | — |
| 6 | Latin | sapōrō | to flavour, make tasty |
| 7 | Latin | sapor | A taste, flavor, savor; A sense of taste; A... |
| 8 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |