sabio
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese sabio (“wise”), from Latin sapĭdus (“wise”), from sapiō (“to be wise”, literally “to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try, to research”).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sabio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Italian
Etymology
From Arabic الصَّابِئَة (aṣ-ṣābiʔa), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.bjo/
- Rhymes: -abjo
- Hyphenation: sà‧bio
Further reading
- sabio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sapidus, from sapiō (“to be wise”, literally “to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try, to research”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsabjo/
Noun
sabio m (plural sabios, feminine singular sabia, feminine plural sabias)
- someone learned, a wise man; sage
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 64v.
- e el reẏ con ſana q́ auie mando que mataſen todos los ſabios de babilonna e demandaron a danel e aſos conpaneros por matar
- And the king, full of anger, ordered all the wise men of Babylon be put to death, and they sought Daniel and his companions to put them to death.
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 64v.
Related terms
Descendants
- Spanish: sabio
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish sabio, from Latin sapidus, from sapiō (“to be wise”, literally “to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try, to research”). Doublet of sápido.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsabjo/ [ˈsa.β̞jo]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -abjo
- Syllabification: sa‧bio
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sabio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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