salve

salve · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*solp-éh₂
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*salbō
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*salbu
4. Old English · inherited fromsealf
5. Middle English · inherited fromsalve
6. English todaysalve

From Middle English salve, from Old English sealf, from Proto-West Germanic *salbu, from Proto-Germanic *salbō, from Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂, from *selp- (“salve, ointment”). Cognates Cognate with Middle Low German salve (Danish salve, Dutch zalf), Old High German salba (German Salbe), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 (salbōns), Albanian gjalpë (“butter”), Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís), Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos).

salve · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*selp-
2. Proto-Indo-European*solp-éh₂
3. Proto-Germanic*salbō
4. Proto-Germanic*salbōną
5. Proto-West Germanic*salbōn
6. Old Englishsealfian
7. Middle Englishsalven
8. English todaysalve

From Old English sealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *salbōn, from Proto-Germanic *salbōną, from *salbō (whence salve (noun)).

salve · verb³

1. Latin · derived fromsalvō“to save”
2. English todaysalve

From Latin salvō (“to save”).

salve · interjection, verb⁴

1. Latin · derived fromsalvē
2. English todaysalve

From Latin salvē. The verb is from the interjection.

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