The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix I
Indo-European Roots
ENTRY:
sep-
DEFINITION:
To taste, perceive. Suffixed zero-grade form *sap-yo-.sage1, sapid, sapient, sapor, savant, savor, savvy; insipid, from Latin sapere, to taste, have taste, be wise. (Pokorny sap- 880.)
