Where does “sauasap” come from?
sauasap (Tok Pisin) comes from English soursop, from English sour, from Middle English sour, from Old French essorer, from Vulgar Latin exaurare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
sauasap (Tok Pisin): soursop
Ancestry of “sauasap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | soursop | A small tropical evergreen tree, "Annona... |
| 2 | English | sour | Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste; Made... |
| 3 | Middle English | sour | sour, acidic, bitter; foul-smelling, rancid;... |
| 4 | Old French | essorer | to fly up, soar |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | exaurare | to rise into the air; to expose to air; to rise... |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |