English
Sabine
Sabine comes from Latin Sabinus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESabinus
- EnglishtodaySabine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESabinus
- EnglishtodaySabine
The story
The name is said to mean "of one's own," from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (‘one's own’).
Every English word from Latin Sabinus
Another origin of Sabine
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESabinus‘tribe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEherba Sabina‘tree’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsabina‘type of tree’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentSabinas‘Rio de Sabinas’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentSabines‘Rivière Sabines’by way of French sabine
- EnglishtodaySabine
From French Sabines (‘Rivière Sabines’) via sabine (‘tree type’), from Spanish Sabinas (‘Rio de Sabinas’), from sabina (‘type of tree’), from Latin herba Sabina (‘tree’), from Sabinus (‘tribe’); named after the forests on the shores of the river. Named in 1716 by Spanish explorer Domingo Ramón.
Today it means
noun A member of a certain ancient tribe of Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Sabinus / Sabine