Where does “savat” come from?

savat (Mauritian Creole) comes from French savate, from Middle French savate, from Old French chavate — shoe.

savat (Mauritian Creole): slipper

Definitions

  1. slipper

Ancestry of “savat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsavatesavate; old slipper
2Middle Frenchsavateold shoe
3Old Frenchchavateshoe
Every word from Old French chavate →Every word from Middle French savate →Every word from French savate →