Where does “saplaim” come from?
saplaim (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin saplai, from English supply, from English supple, from Middle English souple, from Old French souple, from Latin supplex, from Latin supplicō, from Latin sub-.
saplaim (Tok Pisin): to supply
Ancestry of “saplaim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tok Pisin | saplai | supply |
| 2 | English | supply | To provide , to make available for use; To... |
| 3 | English | supple | pliant, flexible, easy to bend; lithe and agile... |
| 4 | Middle English | souple | flexible; supple |
| 5 | Old French | souple | supple |
| 6 | Latin | supplex | kneeling; begging; suppliant |
| 7 | Latin | supplicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | sub- | sub- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |