Savon
/sa.vɔ̃/noun
French for soap.
Did you know?French savon ultimately comes from a late Latin word for soap, and the same root helped shape the English word soap, showing how a humble cleanser crossed languages like a quiet alchemical spell.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*seib-
“to pour out, drip, or flow”
Latin
Latin
sapo, saponis
“soap; a cleansing substance”
Late Latin
Latin
sapōne / saponem
“soap”
Old French
Old French
saon / savon
“soap”
Modern English
English
savon
“borrowed especially in names for soap products or as a French word for soap”
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