Morpheme
Sage
Type
free base
Denotation
wise, judicious, prudent, good taste, discerning
Etymology
Middle English sage; Old French sage; Vulgar Latin sabius; Latin sapere
Evidence
sage, sagelike, sagely, sagely, sageness, sager, sages, sagest
Notes
well-attested Old French phonological change (voicing and palatalization) explains [p] to [b] to [ʒ]
