sage
Middle English
/ˈsaːdʒ(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom and knowledge.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sage derived from Latin *sapius.
Origin
Latin
*sapius
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sage English
- sagebrush English
- sagecraft English
- sagehen English
- sagehood English
- sageland English
- sagelike English
- sagely English
- sageness English
- sageship English
- sagewort English
- sagey English
- sagy English
- unsage English
- *sapius Latin
- sapere Latin
- sapiō Latin
- sapiō, sapere, sapio Latin
- saggio Italian
- sawge Middle English
- sage Old French
- sage Norman
- savi Old Occitan