Where does “save” come from?

save (Tok Pisin) comes from Portuguese sabe, from Portuguese Saber, from Old Portuguese saber, from Latin sapĕre.

save (Tok Pisin): to know; to understand; to make a practice or...

Definitions

  1. to know; to understand; to make a practice or...

Ancestry of “save”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesabe
2PortugueseSaberto know
3Old Portuguesesaber
4Latinsapĕre

Words derived from “save

Every word from Latin sapĕreEvery word from Old Portuguese saberEvery word from Portuguese Saber
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