Etymograph

English

sagapenum

Sagapenum comes from Latin sagapenon.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsagapenon1
  2. Englishtodaysagapenum1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sagapenum

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsagapenonWiktionary, English sagapenum
  2. EnglishtodaysagapenumWiktionary, English sagapenum

Today it means

noun A yellow to brown bitter gum that derives from plants of the genus Ferula.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sagapenum”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin sagapenon / sagapenum