English
salvation
Salvation comes from Latin salvātiō ‘deliverance, salvation’, from salvō ‘to save’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘whole’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salawos‘whole’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvus‘safe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed, unscathed, unhurt, uninjured’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvō‘to save’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvātiō‘deliverance, salvation’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400salvacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500savacioun‘Religious salvation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1964salvation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘whole’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salawos‘whole’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvus‘safe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed, unscathed, unhurt, uninjured’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvō‘to save’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvātiō‘deliverance, salvation’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400salvacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500savacioun‘Religious salvation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1964salvation
Earliest quotation: 1964, News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops: “If the Government believes that part of the railways'…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’
sold, solid, holocaust, sol, salute, xu, sou, salutary, salubrious, salutation, 30 more
through Proto-Italic *salawos ‘whole’
through Latin salvus ‘safe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed,…’
through Latin salvō ‘to save’
Today it means
noun The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- / salvation