savete
Middle English
Alternative forms
- safte, saftee, salvetee, saufte, sauvete, savyte
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sauvete, salvete, from Medieval Latin salvitās, salvitātem; equivalent to saven + -te.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsaːviˈteː/, /ˈsaːviteː/, /ˈsau̯fteː/, /ˈsaːfteː/
Noun
savete (uncountable)
- Safety, security; being unharmed or unharmable.
- Salvation; deliverance from eternal doom.
Descendants
- English: safety
- Scots: safety, sauftie, safity
References
- “sāvetẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.