Where does “savory” come from?
savory (Middle English) comes from Middle English savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin saporare, from Latin sapōrō, from Latin sapor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Ancestry of “savory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | savourie | — |
| 2 | Old French | savouré | — |
| 3 | Old French | savourer | to give taste |
| 4 | Late Latin | saporare | — |
| 5 | Latin | sapōrō | to flavour, make tasty |
| 6 | Latin | sapor | A taste, flavor, savor; A sense of taste; A... |
| 7 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |