The story
- Latin · derived fromcōnservātor“one who conserves”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromconservatour
- Middle English · inherited fromconservatour
- English todayconservator
From Middle English conservatour, from Anglo-Norman conservatour, from Latin cōnservātor (“one who conserves”), agent noun from cōnservō (“to preserve”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.