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Where does “sabi” come from?

sabi (Nigerian Pidgin) comes from Portuguese Saber, from Old Portuguese saber, from Latin sapĕre.

sabi (Nigerian Pidgin): to know

Definitions

  1. to know

Ancestry of “sabi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseSaber—
2Old Portuguesesaber—
3Latinsapĕre—

Words derived from “sabi”

  • savvy
  • savviness
  • unsavvy
  • savvily
  • cybersavvy
  • nonsavvy
  • media-savvy
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