Where does “sānus” come from?

sānus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European swā-n- — healthy; whole; active; vigorous.

sānus (Latin): sound in body, healthy, whole, well

Definitions

  1. sound in body, healthy, whole, well

Ancestry of “sānus”, step by step

sānus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European swā-n-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswā-n-healthy; whole; active; vigorous

via Proto-Italic *sānos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*sānoshealthy

Words derived from “sānus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swā-n- →