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Where does “saveskar” come from?

saveskar (Ido) comes from Ido savar, 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.

saveskar (Ido): to learn, to get to know, to become informed

Definitions

  1. to learn, to get to know, to become informed

Ancestry of “saveskar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idosavarto know
2Frenchsavoirto know; to know how; to be able to, to be apt to
3Old Frenchsavoirto know; to be skilled in; knowledge
4Vulgar Latinsapereto know; present active infinitive of sapiō; be...
5Latinsapiō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansap-skill; to taste; to try; to research
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