savour
English
/ˈseɪvə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- The specific taste or smell of something.
- A distinctive sensation.
- Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
- Pleasure; appreciation; relish.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French savour derived from Latin sapor (taste, flavour, flavor) root from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (research, try).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seh₁p-
Gloss
research, try
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Cognates and derived terms
- saporific English
- savantism English
- savourer English
- savourest English
- savoureth English
- savourless English
- savourlessness English
- savourly English
- savourous English
- savourously English
- homō Latin
- insipientia Latin
- sapere Latin
- sapidus Latin
- sapientia Latin
- sapiēns Latin
- sapiō Latin
- sapiō, sapere, sapio Latin
- sapor Latin
- saporo Latin
- saporosus Latin
- sapĕre, sapio Latin
- sapōrem, sapor Latin
- sapōrāre Latin
- sapōrōsus Latin
- sibus Latin
- īnsipidus Latin
- idiot savant French
- sabor Spanish, Castilian
- *sap- Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- *sep-, *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- insipient Old French
- savour Old French
- savurar Romansh
- savurer Romansh
- suarar Romansh
- savôr Friulian