English
Sabir
Sabir comes from Sabir sabir ‘know’.
- Sabirmodernsabir‘know’
- EnglishtodaySabir
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sabirmodernsabir‘know’
- EnglishtodaySabir
The story
Borrowed from Sabir sabir (‘know’), in Molière's Le bourgeois gentilhomme, probably from Spanish saber, ultimately from Latin sapere.
Linked words
through Latin sapio ‘to have taste, have flavour, be intelligent,…’
sage, savvy, savory, sapiens, insipid, savour, savant, sapient, sabe, 13 more
Another origin of Sabir
- Arabicc. 500–presentصَبَرَṣabara‘to be patient, to endure’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentصَابِرṣābir‘patient’
- EnglishtodaySabir
Another origin of Sabir
- Arabicc. 500–presentصَبَرَṣabara‘to be patient, to endure’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentصَابِر‘patient’
- AzerbaijanimodernSabir
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
name An Italian-based pidgin language used as the lingua franca of Mediterranean trade from roughly the 11th to the 19th centuries.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sabir sabir / Sabir