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
- second-person singular imperative of sapere
Ancestry of “sappi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | sapere | to know; to be able to, can, could; to taste or... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | sapere | to know; present active infinitive of sapiō; be... |
| 3 | Latin | sapiō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sap- | skill; to taste; to try; to research |