The story
- Latin · derived fromsalvator
- Spanish · derived fromsalvador
- Spanish · borrowed fromSan Salvador“Holy Savior”
- English todaySan Salvador
From Spanish San Salvador (“Holy Savior”), various places named in honor of Jesus Christ, from Spanish salvador, from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to save”) + -tor (suffix forming agent nouns).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.