sane

sane
\ \ [17] Latin sānus, a word of uncertain origin, meant ‘healthy’ – a connotation perpetuated in its derivative sanatoriumsickroom’ [19]. Its use with reference to mental rather than physical health (as in the Latin tag mēns sāna in corpore sānoa healthy mind in a healthy body’) led to its adoption in English for ‘of sound mind, not mad’.
\ \ Cf.SANATORIUM, SANITARY

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