savie

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsa.vje/ Rhymes: -avje Hyphenation: sà‧vie === Adjective === savie feminine plural of savio === Anagrams === evasi == Old French == === Alternative forms === saive === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *sapium (“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) wise ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: saive Walloon: sêve, saiwe === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “sapĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 202