Etymology of the English word saponified
the English word
saponifiedderived from the English word
saponifyderived from the French word
saponifierderived from the Vulgar Latin word
sapere (taste of; understand; have sense)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sep-derived from the Classical Latin word
sapo (soap)
using the French prefix
sapon-using the French suffix
-ifierderived from the Latin suffix
-ificarederived from the Latin word
ficareUsage
Word found in Modern English
