Where does “savourer” come from?
savourer (English) comes from English savour, from Middle English savour, from Old French savor, from Latin sapor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
savourer (English): One who savours or smacks of something; one who...
Definitions
- One who savours or smacks of something; one who...
Ancestry of “savourer”, step by step
savourer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English savour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | savour | The specific taste or smell of something; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | savour | taste |
| 3 | Old French | savor | Alternative form of savour |
| 4 | Latin | sapor | A taste, flavor, savor; A sense of taste; A... |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |