Where does “saboti” come from?
saboti (Esperanto) comes from French saboter, from French sabot, from Middle French savate, from Old French chavate — shoe.
saboti (Esperanto): to sabotage
Ancestry of “saboti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | saboter | to sabotage |
| 2 | French | sabot | wooden shoe, clog; hoof |
| 3 | Middle French | savate | old shoe |
| 4 | Old French | chavate | shoe |
Words derived from “saboti”