Where does “saber” come from?
saber (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan saber, from Vulgar Latin sapere, from Latin sapiō, from Proto-Indo-European sap- — skill; to taste; to try; to research.
saber (Occitan): to know
Ancestry of “saber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | saber | to taste; to know; knowledge |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | sapere | to know; present active infinitive of sapiō; be... |
| 3 | Latin | sapiō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sap- | skill; to taste; to try; to research |