Where does “saper” come from?

saper (Polish) comes from French sapeur, from French sape, from Old French sappe, from Latin sappa — a sort of mattock.

saper (Polish): combat engineer, sapper

Definitions

  1. combat engineer, sapper

Ancestry of “saper”, 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

Words derived from “saper”

Every word from Latin sappa →