incolumity

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English

Etymology

From Latin incolumitas, from incolumis (“uninjured, safe”), perhaps from in (“intensifier”) + (doubtful) columis (“safe”).

Noun

incolumity (uncountable)

(obsolete) safety; security
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ . Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: T B for H. Mosley , →OCLC:
  such an action as that, which concern'd the incolumity and peace of all the Westerne world

References

“incolumity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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