sage
English
/seɪdʒ/
adj
Definitions
- Wise.
- (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sage derived from Old French sage derived from Latin *sapius, sapere (taste, be wise, be knowing, discern) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (research, try, taste, skill).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sap-
Gloss
research, try, taste, skill
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Cognates and derived terms
- brush English
- hen English
- land English
- sagebrush English
- sagecraft English
- sagehen English
- sagehood English
- sageland English
- sagelike English
- sagely English
- sageness English
- sageship English
- sagewort English
- sagey English
- sagy English
- unsage English
- wort English
- *sapere Latin
- *sapius Latin
- *sapēre Latin
- sapere Latin
- sapiō Latin
- sapiō, sapere, sapio Latin
- sapiō, sapĕre Latin
- sapor Latin
- sapĭdus Latin
- saggio Italian
- *sap- Proto-Indo-European
- *sapiros Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- *sapą Proto-Germanic
- sage Middle English
- sawge Middle English
- sage Old French
- saveir Old French
- savoir Old French
- sage Norman
- saupre Occitan
- *sapiō Proto-Italic
- savi Old Occitan
- sapro Dalmatian