sano

/ˈsano/ · B1 · adj

healthy, sound

🍎 sano = sane + sanitary: Latin sanus, healthy and sound

From Latin sanus (healthy, sound), the root of English sane, sanity, sanitary and sanatorium. English kept the sound-of-mind sense; Spanish kept the sound-of-body one. Sano y salvo = safe and sound.

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