Etymology

salvation

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Today it means: The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell). Full definition →

Middle English savacioun ← Old French salvacion ← Latin salvātiō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*solh₂-
  2. Proto-Italic*sal(V)wos
  3. Latinsalvus
  4. Latinsalvō
  5. Latinsalvātiō
  6. Old Frenchsalvacion
  7. Middle Englishsavacioun
  8. English todaysalvation

From Middle English savacioun, from Old French savaciun, salvaciun, from Latin salvātiō. Displaced native Old English hǣlu.

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