Etymology of the English word sagacious
the English word
sagacioususing the English suffix
-ousderived from the Latin suffix
-osusderived from the Latin word
sagax (keen-scented; acute, sharp)
derived from the Latin word
sagirederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sag-derived from the English word
sagacityderived from the French word
sagacitéderived from the Old French word
sagacitederived from the Latin word
sagacitas (keenness; acuteness)
derived from the Latin word
sagax (keen-scented; acute, sharp)
derived from the Latin word
sagirederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sag-Date
The earliest known usage of sagacious in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
French
sagace, Italian
sagace, Latin
sagaxUsage
Word found in Modern English
