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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

  1. arrow; dart

Ancestry of “sago”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosaĝawise
2Frenchsagewise: prudent, cautious, and judicious; Chaste,...
3Old Frenchsagewise
4Latinsagāx—
5Latin-āx—
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “sago”

  • sagujo
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