Where does “savour” come from?
Savour comes from Old French savourer, derived from Latin sapor meaning "taste or flavor," from the Proto-Indo-European root sap-.
savour (English): The specific taste or smell of something; A...
Definitions
- The specific taste or smell of something; A...
Ancestry of “savour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | savour | taste |
| 2 | Old French | savor | Alternative form of savour |
| 3 | Latin | sapor | A taste, flavor, savor; A sense of taste; A... |
| 4 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |