Where does “sappi” come from?

sappi (Italian) comes from Italian sapere, from Vulgar Latin sapere, from Latin sapiō, from Proto-Indo-European sap- — skill; to taste; to try; to research.

sappi (Italian): second-person singular imperative of sapere

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of sapere

Ancestry of “sappi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansapereto know; to be able to, can, could; to taste or...
2Vulgar Latinsapereto know; present active infinitive of sapiō; be...
3Latinsapiōto be wise, or sensible, discreet, prudent
4Proto-Indo-Europeansap-skill; to taste; to try; to research

Words derived from “sappi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sap- →