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–noun
1.
a young tree.
2.
a young person.
Origin:
1375–1425;
late ME;
see
sap
1
,
-ling
1
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sap·ling
(sāp'lĭng)
n.
A young tree.
A youth.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History
sapling
1415, from
sap
(n.1) + dim. suffix
-ling.
This is probably the source of Amer.Eng. slang
sap
"club, short staff" (1899) and the verb
sap
"to hit (someone) with a sap" (1926).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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