sake

English

/seɪk/, /sɑːkeɪ/, /sɑːki/

noun
Definitions
  • cause, interest or account
  • purpose or end; reason
  • the benefit or regard of someone or something
  • obsolete except in phrases contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sake (cause, sake, reason) inherited from Old English sacu (dispute, cause, lawsuit, issue, complaint, legal action, legal case) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sakō (affair, accusation, matter, thing, charge) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (seek out, seek, track, track down, investigate, trace).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*seh₂g-

Gloss

seek out, seek, track, track down, investigate, trace

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