English
savable
Savable comes from Old French salvable, and goes back to Medieval Latin salvābilis.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500salvābilis
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400salvable
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sauvable
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500savable‘Able to be delivered from perdition’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500salvābilis
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400salvable
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sauvable
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500savable‘Able to be delivered from perdition’
- Englishtodaysame form
Formed from save + -able
Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’
…
Latin salvus ‘safe’
Late Latin salvō ‘to save’
Old French sauver ‘to save’
Middle English saven ‘to rescue’
English save
Every English word from Medieval Latin salvābilis
Today it means
adj Capable of being saved.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin salvābilis / savable