Added 9 October 2026
sapiens
adjective
Latin root: sapiēns Wiktionary
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about sapiens at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens.
Origin
From translingual Homo sapiens, from Latin sapiēns, present active participle of sapiō (“discern, be capable of discerning”).
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