Where does “sagacidad” come from?
sagacidad (Spanish) comes from Latin sagācitās, from Latin sagāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sagacidad (Spanish): sagacity; astuteness
Definitions
- sagacity; astuteness
Ancestry of “sagacidad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sagācitās | keenness (of perception), acuteness (of the senses) |
| 2 | Latin | sagāx | of quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented |
| 3 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |