The story
- Latin · derived fromsapo“soap”
- French · borrowed fromsaponule
- English todaysaponule
Borrowed from French saponule, from Latin sapo (“soap”) + -onis.
Words from the same roots
Latinsapo all →
sapo-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
saponule
Today it means: A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil. Full definition →
French saponule ← Latin sapo