Latin

sapiō

‘to have taste, have flavour, be intelligent, show good sense, or know, understand’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin sapiō.

22 English words in this record descend from Latin sapiō, most familiar first.

• sage ← *sapium
• savvy ← sabe ← saber ← saber
• savory ← savourie ← savouré ← savour ← sapōrem
• sapiens ← Homo sapiens
• savour ← saveur ← sapor
• savant
• insipid ← insipide ← īnsipidus ← sapidus
• sabe ← saber
• sapient ← sapient- ← sapiēns
• sapience ← sapientia ← sapiēns
• sagesse ← sage ← sage ← sage ← *sapium
• sapiosexual ← sapiens

More words from sapiō

• insipidity
• sapiential
• sapor
• sapid
• desipience
• desipient
• insipient
• saporous
• sapiosexuality
• sapiophile

Etymograph / Latin sapiō