Where does “savvy” come from?
Savvy comes from Nigerian Pidgin sabi, from Portuguese saber, from Old Portuguese saber, from Vulgar Latin sapere, from Latin sapere meaning to taste or know, from Proto-Indo-European sap- or sep-.
savvy (English): Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive; To...
Definitions
- Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive; To...
Ancestry of “savvy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tok Pisin | save | to know; to understand; to make a practice or... |
| 2 | Portuguese | sabe | |
| 3 | Portuguese | Saber | — |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | saber | — |
| 5 | Latin | sapĕre | — |
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