savie

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vje/
Rhymes: -avje
Hyphenation: sà‧vie

Adjective edit

savie

feminine plural of savio

Anagrams edit

evasi

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

saive

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *sapius (“wise”), semantically specialized alteration of Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Doublet of sage and sade. It has been suggested that this is a borrowing,^[1] but the sound-changes are extensive.

Adjective edit

savie m (oblique and nominative feminine singular savie)

wise

Descendants edit

Middle French: saive
Walloon: sêve, saiwe

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sapĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 202

^ William Pierce Shepard (1897) A Contribution to the History of the Unaccented Vowels in Old French, page 36

[1] William Pierce Shepard (1897) A Contribution to the History of the Unaccented Vowels in Old French, page 36

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