savoir
Old French
verb
Definitions
- to know
- to be skilled in
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *sapēre, sapere (taste, be wise, be knowing, discern).
Origin
Latin
sapere
Gloss
taste, be wise, be knowing, discern
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *sapeo, *sapēre Latin
- *sapere Latin
- *sapius Latin
- *sapēre Latin
- sapere Latin
- sapiō Latin
- sapiō, sapere, sapio Latin
- sapiō, sapĕre Latin
- sapĕre, sapio Latin
- sapere Italian
- assavoir French
- savoir French
- saber Spanish, Castilian
- *sap- Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- nonsavoir Old French
- saveir Old French
- savar Ido
- sçavoir Middle French
- saber Old Portuguese
- saupre Occitan
- *sapiō Proto-Italic
- savair Romansh
- saveir Romansh
- saver Romansh
- saber Asturian
- savê Friulian
- saber Old Occitan
- sapiri Sicilian
- saver Venetian
- sevön Volapük
- savéi Ligurian
- sapro Dalmatian
- saveur Walloon
- saivoi Bourguignon
- sapè Neapolitan
- savì Istriot
- sapè Corsican
- saper Aragonese
- sapè Tarantino