savete

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Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. Safety, security; being unharmed or unharmable.
  2. Salvation; deliverance from eternal doom.

Descendants

  • English: safety
  • Scots: safety, sauftie, safity

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