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Where does “sache” come from?

sache (French) comes from French savoir, from Old French savoir, from Vulgar Latin sapere, from Latin sapiō, from Proto-Indo-European sap- — skill; to taste; to try; to research.

sache (French): inflection of savoir: ## first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. inflection of savoir: ## first/third-person...

Ancestry of “sache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsavoirto know; to know how; to be able to, to be apt to
2Old Frenchsavoirto know; to be skilled in; knowledge
3Vulgar Latinsapereto know; present active infinitive of sapiō; be...
4Latinsapiō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansap-skill; to taste; to try; to research
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