Etymology

savest

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English save ← Middle English saven ← Old French sauver
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*solh₂-
  2. Proto-Italic*sal(V)wos
  3. Latinsalvus
  4. Latinsalvō
  5. Latinsalvāre
  6. Old Frenchsauver
  7. Middle Englishsaven
  8. Englishsave
  9. English todaysavest

From save + -est.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.