English
French safe
From French + safe.
Proto-Germanic *frankô ‘spear’
Proto-West Germanic *Frankō ‘a Frank’
Old English Franca ‘a Frank’
Old English Frencisc ‘of the Franks, Frankish, French’
Middle English French
English French
Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’
Proto-Italic *salawos ‘whole’
Latin salvus ‘whole’
Old French sauf
Middle English sauf ‘Unaffected by or safe from injury’
English safe
The story
Attested from the mid 19th century.
Today it means
noun A condom.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French safe