Where does “sago” come from?
sago (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto saĝa, from French sage, from Old French sage, from Latin sagāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sago (Esperanto): arrow; dart
Definitions
- arrow; dart
Ancestry of “sago”, step by step
sago traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto saĝa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | saĝa | wise |
| 2 | French | sage | wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious; Chaste,... |
| 3 | Old French | sage | wise |
| 4 | Latin | sagāx | of quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |