Etymograph

English

sagaciousness

From sagacious + -ness.

A compound of sagacious + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- ‘to seek out’

Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti ‘to seek out, to track’

Proto-Italic *sāgiō

Latin sāgiō ‘to perceive’

Latin sagāx ‘of quick perception, having acute senses’

English sagacious

Today it means

noun The state of being sagacious; an acuteness of perception or discernment.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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