Etymology

sapience

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Today it means: The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom. Full definition →

Middle English sapience ← Old French sapience ← Latin sapientia
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  1. Latin · derived fromsapientia
  2. Old French · derived fromsapience
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsapience
  4. English todaysapience

From Middle English sapience, from Old French sapience, from Latin sapientia.

Words from the same roots

Latinsapientia all →

sapiential

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