Where does “sapiō” come from?

sapiō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European sh₁p-i-, from Proto-Indo-European sep- — to taste, to try out.

sapiō (Proto-Italic): taste; discern, can tell apart, know

Definitions

  1. taste; discern, can tell apart, know

Ancestry of “sapiō”, step by step

sapiō traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European sh₁p-i-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansh₁p-i-to notice
2Proto-Indo-Europeansep-to taste, to try out

via Proto-Indo-European sh₁pi-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansh₁pi-to notice

via Proto-Indo-European sp-ye-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansp-ye-to notice

Words derived from “sapiō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sh₁p-i- →
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