sabine

Sabine · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sebʰ-
2. Latin · derived fromSabinus
3. English todaySabine

From Latin Sabinus. The name is said to mean "of one's own," from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“one's own”).

Sabine · proper noun²

From the Latin saint's name Sabina.

Sabine · proper noun³

1. Latin · derived fromherba Sabina“tree”
2. Spanish · derived fromSabinas“Rio de Sabinas”
3. French · borrowed fromSabines“Rivière Sabines”
4. English todaySabine

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.

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