savie

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vje/
• Rhymes: -avje
• Hyphenation: sà‧vie

Adjective

savie

1. feminine plural of savio

Anagrams

• evasi

Old French

Alternative forms

• saive

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapius (“wise”), semantically specialized alteration of Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Doublet of sage and sade. It has been suggested that this is a borrowing, but the sound-changes are extensive.

Adjective

savie m (oblique and nominative feminine singular savie)

1. wise

Descendants

• Middle French: saive
• Walloon: sêve, saiwe

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sapĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 202