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sagma
Latin · ancient
"pack-saddle; a pack-load"
a word for a pack-saddle, later extended to the load it carried
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sommaille
Old French · 1200s
"baggage"
developed from the pack-load sense into a word for baggage in general
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sommelier
French · 1680s
"the officer in charge of a household's wine"
narrowed from an officer in charge of a household's provisions to specifically its wine
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sommelier
English · 1849
"a restaurant's wine steward"
borrowed for a restaurant's trained wine steward
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