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Where does “sabon” come from?

sabon (Old Occitan) comes from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

Ancestry of “sabon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsāpō—
2Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

Words derived from “sabon”

  • sabó
  • sabon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →