Etymograph

English

saveworthy

From save + -worthy.

Formed from save + -worthy

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

adj Worthy to be saved; worthy of being saved

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

Etymograph / saveworthy