English
matchsafe
From match + safe.
Proto-Germanic *makô ‘an equal’
Proto-West Germanic *makkjō
Old English mæċċa ‘companion’
Middle English macche ‘a bride or mate’
English match
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
Today it means
noun A small metal box for carrying matches for lighting a pipe or similar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / matchsafe