Etymology

sapiens

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Today it means: A human being (Homo sapiens). Full definition →

translingual Homo sapiens ← Latin sapiēns
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  1. Latin · derived fromsapiēns
  2. translingual · borrowed fromHomo sapiens
  3. English todaysapiens

From translingual Homo sapiens, from Latin sapiēns, present active participle of sapiō (“discern, be capable of discerning”).

Words from the same roots

translingualHomo sapiens all →

sapienHetero sapiens

Latinsapiēns all →

sapiophilesapioromanticsapiosexualsapiosexuality

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.