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savour

Meaningtaste

Common meaning: to enjoy a taste slowly

Journey through time

  1. Latinsapiō‘to taste’
  2. Old Frenchsavoursource
  3. Middle Englishsavoursource
  4. Englishsavour‘to enjoy a taste slowly’ · today

sav also in: savantsapient

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”

Related words

sapientsavant

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