adjective
sapium
*sapium
Meaning
- Proto Gallo Romancereconstructionwise
Origins
Alteration of Classical sapidus (“delicious, wise”), with semantic specialization. Possibly restructured according to the verb sapere (“taste, know”) + an ending -us taken from the antonym nescius (“foolish, ignorant”).
Descendants
- Catalansavi
- Franco-Provençalsâjofrom Franco-Provençal savio
- Old Frenchsavie
- Old Frenchsage
- Old Occitansavi
In English words that came into English from sapium
- sage*sapium