sage的词源
英文词源
- sage
- sage: see safe
- sage (n.1)
- kind of herb (Salvia officinalis), early 14c., from Old French sauge (13c.), from Latin salvia, from salvus "healthy" (see safe (adj.)). So called for its healing or preserving qualities (it was used to keep teeth clean and relieve sore gums, and boiled in water to make a drink to alleviate arthritis). In English folklore, sage, like parsley, is said to grow best where the wife is dominant. In late Old English as salvie, directly from Latin. Compare German Salbei, also from Latin.
- sage (adj.)
- "wise," c. 1300 (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French sage "wise, knowledgeable, learned; shrewd, skillful" (11c.), from Gallo-Roman *sabius, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere "have a taste, have good taste, be wise," from PIE root *sap- "to taste" (see sap (n.1)). Meaning "characterized by wisdom" is from 1530s. Related: Sageness.
- sage (n.2)
- "man of profound wisdom," mid-14c., from sage (adj.). Originally applied to the Seven Sages -- Thales, Solon, Periander, Cleobulus, Chilon, Bias, and Pittacus.
中文词源
sage：明智的，贤明的，圣人，哲人
来自古法语 sage,智慧的，博学的，来自 Gallo-Roman*sabius,来自拉丁语 sapere,品尝，品味， 鉴别，来自 PIE*sap,品尝，词源同 sap,savant,savor.引申诸相关词义。
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来自古法语 sauge, 鼠尾草， 来自拉丁语 salvus, 健康的， 来自 PIE*sol, 完整的， 词源同 salute,salvation,save.因这种植物的药用价值而得名。
