sabiduría

/sabiduˈɾia/ · B1 · noun · f

wisdom

🦉📚 sabio (wise) + -duría; saber means to know, like English savvy

Sabiduría comes from sabio, wise, which comes from Latin sapere, to taste or to know. The same root gives English sapient and Homo sapiens. Savvy also comes from it, through Portuguese sabe, he knows.

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