The story
- Late Latin · derived fromsāpō, sāpōnem“soap”
- French · derived fromsaponifier
- English todaysaponify
From French saponifier, from Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
saponify
Today it means: To convert (a fat or oil) into soap. Full definition →
French saponifier ← Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnem