savvy
English
/ˈsæ.vi/
adj
Definitions
- (informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
Etymology
Derived from Latin sapiō (I am wise, taste, I know, taste of, have a flavor of, be wise, have a good discernment, I taste of) derived from French savez(-vous), savez (do you know) derived from Portuguese (você) sabe, sabe (you know) derived from Spanish, Castilian (usted) sabe, sabe (you know) derived from Latin *sapere, sapere (taste, be wise, be knowing, discern) root from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (research, try).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seh₁p-
Gloss
research, try
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Cognates and derived terms
- cybersavvy English
- media English
- media-savvy English
- nonsavvy English
- savantism English
- savvily English
- savviness English
- unsavvy English
- *sapere Latin
- *sapius Latin
- *sapēre Latin
- consipio Latin
- desipio Latin
- homō Latin
- insipientia Latin
- resipisco Latin
- sapere Latin
- sapere, sapio Latin
- sapidus Latin
- sapientia Latin
- sapiēns Latin
- sapiō Latin
- sapiō, sapere, sapio Latin
- sapor Latin
- sapĕre, sapio Latin
- sapōrem, sapor Latin
- sibus Latin
- īnsipidus Latin
- sapere Italian
- idiot savant French
- savant French
- savez(-vous), savez French
- savoir French
- (usted) sabe , sabe Spanish, Castilian
- sabedor Spanish, Castilian
- saber Spanish, Castilian
- *sap- Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- *sep- Proto-Indo-European
- *sep-, *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- (você) sabe , sabe Portuguese
- sabe Portuguese
- saber Portuguese
- insipient Old French
- saveir Old French
- savoir Old French
- saupre Occitan
- *sapiō Proto-Italic
- sap Volapük
- sapro Dalmatian
- sabe Kabuverdianu
- savei Ladin
- save Bislama
- savér Emilian
- sabir Sabir