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Where does “sagaca” come from?

sagaca (Esperanto) comes from Latin sagāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

sagaca (Esperanto): astute, resourceful

Definitions

  1. astute, resourceful

Ancestry of “sagaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsagāx—
2Latin-āx—
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “sagaca”

  • sagace
  • sagaceco
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →