The story
- Latin · derived fromconservare“to keep, preserve”
- Old French · derived fromconserver
- Middle English · inherited fromconserven
- English todayconserve
From Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe.
Words from the same roots
Latinconservare all →
conservatism
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.