Etymograph

English

foresave

From fore- + save.

Formed from fore- + save

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’

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Latin salvus ‘safe’

Late Latin salvō ‘to save’

Old French sauver ‘to save’

Middle English saven ‘to rescue’

English save

Today it means

verb To save (money or a person) beforehand or in advance.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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