Where does “savon” come from?

savon (French) comes from Italian sapone, from Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

savon (French): soap

Definitions

  1. soap

Ancestry of “savon”, step by step

savon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian sapone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansaponesoap
2Spanishjabónsoap
3Old Spanishxabonsoap
4LatinsāpōAn ancient hair product
5Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

via Middle French savon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchsavon—
2Old Frenchsavonsoap

Words derived from “savon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →