Where does “sappør” come from?

sappør (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French sapeur, from French sape, from Old French sappe, from Latin sappa — a sort of mattock.

sappør (Norwegian Nynorsk): a military engineer; sapper

Definitions

  1. a military engineer; sapper

Ancestry of “sappør”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsapeursapper; A member of the social movement known as...
2Frenchsapea small scythe; hoe, mattock; fashion, style
3Old Frenchsappe—
4Latinsappaa sort of mattock
Every word from Latin sappa →