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Where does “sabota” come from?

sabota (French) comes from French saboter, from French sabot, from Middle French savate, from Old French chavate — shoe.

sabota (French): third-person singular past historic of saboter

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of saboter

Ancestry of “sabota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsaboterto sabotage
2Frenchsabotwooden shoe, clog; hoof
3Middle Frenchsavateold shoe
4Old Frenchchavateshoe
Every word from Old French chavate →