Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “sap” come from?

sap (Middle English) comes from Old English sæp, from Proto-West Germanic *sap, from Proto-Indo-European sab- — juice; taste.

Ancestry of “sap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsæpsap
2Proto-West Germanic*sap—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste

Words derived from “sap”

  • sap
  • sapwood
  • sapless
  • sapsucker
  • saphead
  • pinesap
  • sapful
  • sapsucking
  • sapheaded
  • sappeth
  • saplessness
  • saplike
  • sapskull
  • sappest
  • sapfest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab- →