"Savvy" (and it's older form "savee") is from the Spanish "saber," meaning "to know." #etymology
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Close to savoir (French for to know) as well.
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It's retained its original meaning in Melanesian tok pisin but can also be used for "habitually." For example, "yu savve lo displa pinatang?" (Do you know this insect?) but also "displa penatang i savve kamap lo taim blo ren" (This insect appears when it rains). Language is endlessly fascinating.
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