sapient
Meaningwise
Common meaning: wise
- sapto taste; to be wiseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1629 · scan
- ientadjective ending: doing, being
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin sapiō ‘to taste; to be wise’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sapiō, p. 1629 · dictionary scan
Roots
- sapiō Latin “to taste; to be wise”
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