Etymology

dissave

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Today it means: To spend more than one earns. Full definition →

English save ← Middle English saven ← Old French sauver
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*solh₂-
  11. Proto-Italic*sal(V)wos
  12. Latinsalvus
  13. Latinsalvō
  14. Latinsalvāre
  15. Old Frenchsauver
  16. Middle Englishsaven
  17. Englishsave
  18. English todaydissave

From dis- + save.

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