Etymology

safety

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Today it means: The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty. Full definition →

Middle English savete ← Old French sauveté ← Medieval Latin salvitās
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsalvus
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromsalvitās
  3. Old French · derived fromsauveté
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsavete
  5. English todaysafety

Inherited from Middle English savete, from Old French sauveté, from earlier salvetet, from Medieval Latin salvitās, salvitātem, from Latin salvus.

Words from the same roots

Latinsalvus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.