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sapere
Latin · ancient
"to taste; to be wise"
the verb of tasting, and by extension, discerning wisely
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savoir
Old French · medieval
"to know; learned, knowing"
the present participle savant described someone knowing or learned
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savant
French · 1600s
"a learned man"
used as a noun for a person of great learning
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savant
English · 1719
"a person of great learning"
borrowed for a scholar eminent in scientific or scholarly research
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