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sake

(Anglais)

  1. cause, interest or account
  2. purpose or end; reason
  3. the benefit or regard of someone or something
  4. contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge

Fréquence

A2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈseɪk/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to investigate”). Akin to West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, Dutch zaak (“matter; cause; business”), German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”), Old English sōcn (“inquiry, prosecution”), Old English sēcan (“to seek”). More at soke, soken, seek.

Related words

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alcool de riz japonais

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