1. Etymology of the English word sage
the English word
sagederived from the Old French word
sagederived from the Latin root
*sapiusderived from the Vulgar Latin word
sapere (taste of; understand; have sense)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sep-Cognates
Dutch
salie, French
sage, French
sauge, German
Salbei, Italian
saggio, Italian
savio, Italian
salvia, Norwegian
salvie, Portuguese
salva, Portuguese
sabio, Provençal
sage, Spanish
sabio, Spanish
salvia, Swedish
salvia2. Etymology of the English word sage
derived from the English word
sagederived from the Old French word
saulgederived from the Latin word
salvia (sage)
derived from the Latin word
salvus (well, unharmed, sound)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sol-Derivations in English
sagebrush
