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Where does “sapience” come from?

sapience (Old French) comes from Latin Sapientia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

sapience (Old French): wisdom, sapience

Definitions

  1. wisdom, sapience

Ancestry of “sapience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSapientia—
2Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “sapience”

  • sapience
  • sapience
  • sapience
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →