The story
- Latin · derived fromsalvus“saved, safe”
- Late Latin · derived fromsalvificus
- English todaysalvific
From Late Latin salvificus, from Latin salvus (“saved, safe”) + facio (“make”).
Words from the same roots
Latinsalvus all →
safetysafesalvage
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.