savon
French
noun
Definitions
- soap
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French savon inherited from Old French savon (soap) inherited from Latin sāpōnem derived from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (soap) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (pour out, trickle, strain, drip, dribble, leak out, pour, leak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seyb-
Gloss
pour out, trickle, strain, drip, dribble, leak out, pour, leak
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- saippua Finnish
- sapo Latin
- sapō Latin
- sebum Latin
- sābō Latin
- sāpō Latin
- sāpō, sāpōnem Latin
- sāpōne Latin
- sāpōnem Latin
- sēbum Latin
- Kernseife German
- Seife German
- Seifenblase German
- Seifenoper German
- szappan Hungarian
- portasapone Italian
- saponaceo Italian
- saponaio Italian
- saponario Italian
- sapone Italian
- saponeria Italian
- saponetta Italian
- saponiere Italian
- saponiero Italian
- saponificare Italian
- saponificio Italian
- saponoso Italian
- savonnerie French
- savonneux French
- jabón Spanish, Castilian
- σάπων Ancient Greek
- *seyb- Proto-Indo-European
- *seyp- Proto-Indo-European
- *saipǭ Proto-Germanic
- *sipōną Proto-Germanic
- såpa Swedish
- サボン Japanese
- sāpe Old English
- sope Middle English
- sápa Old Norse
- savon Old French
- sabó Catalan, Valencian
- sápa Icelandic
- xabrón Galician
- xabón Galician
- săpun Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- seifa Old High German
- sapono Ido
- sápa Faroese
- savon Norman
- xà bông Vietnamese
- xà phòng Vietnamese
- sabon Tagalog
- seife Middle High German
- savon Middle French
- *saipā gmw-pro
- סבון Hebrew (modern)
- *sēpa Old Dutch
- sabon Old Portuguese
- sãpuni Aromanian
- savun Romansh
- savung Romansh
- savùn Romansh
- xabón Asturian
- savon Friulian
- *saipā Frankish
- sabon Old Occitan
- *sēpe Old Frisian
- xabon Old Spanish
- sapuni Sicilian
- saon Venetian
- σαπούνιον gkm
- savony Malagasy
- sabón Aragonese
- savungu Tsou
- saipǭ gem