Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “sabota” come from?

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

sabota (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “sabota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansabotareto sabotage
2Romaniansabota—
3Frenchsaboterto sabotage
4Frenchsabotwooden shoe, clog; hoof
5Middle Frenchsavateold shoe
6Old Frenchchavateshoe
Every word from Old French chavate →