English
conservator
Conservator comes from Latin cōnservātor ‘one who conserves’, from cōnservō ‘to preserve’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *serwos ‘guardian?’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serwos‘guardian?’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEservos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEservus‘a slave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEservō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnservō‘to preserve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnservātor‘one who conserves’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400conservatour
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500conservatour
- Englishearliest quotation 1702–1704conservator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serwos‘guardian?’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEservos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEservus‘a slave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEservō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnservō‘to preserve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnservātor‘one who conserves’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400conservatour
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500conservatour
- Englishearliest quotation 1702–1704conservator
Earliest quotation: 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, Begun in the Year 1641. […]: “The lords of the secret council were likewise made…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to guard, take care’
series, sort, stream, hero, desert, insert, assertion, heresy, exert, sermon, assertive, heretic, sorcery, sorcerer, concierge, sark, strudel, sere, 33 more
through Old Latin servos
through Latin servus ‘a slave’
service, serve, servitude, serf, servile, 9 more
through Latin servō
Today it means
noun One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *serwos / conservator