Where does “sapient” come from?

sapient (Latin) comes from Latin sapio, from Proto-Italic sapiō, from Proto-Indo-European sh₁p-i-, from Proto-Indo-European sep- — to taste, to try out.

sapient (Latin): third-person plural future active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of...

Ancestry of “sapient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsapioI taste of, taste like, smack of, have a flavour...
2Proto-Italicsapiōtaste; discern, can tell apart, know
3Proto-Indo-Europeansh₁p-i-to notice
4Proto-Indo-Europeansep-to taste, to try out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sh₁p-i- →Every word from Proto-Italic sapiō →