myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of saggio

1. Etymology of the Italian word saggio

the Italian word saggio

derived from the Old French word sage

derived from the Latin root *sapius

derived from the Vulgar Latin word sapere (taste of; understand; have sense)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sep-

Dutch salie, English sage, French sage, French sauge, German Salbei, Italian savio, Italian salvia, Norwegian salvie, Portuguese salva, Portuguese sabio, Provençal sage, Spanish sabio, Spanish salvia, Swedish salvia

derived from the Italian word saggio