## Meanings
1. The state of being safe and not in danger.
2. A place where you are protected from danger.
3. A device on a gun or machine that stops it from being used by accident.

## Examples
- The new rules are designed to improve passenger safety.
- They ran to safety as the building began to collapse.
- Always check that the safety is on before storing the rifle.

## Derived Forms
- biosafety
- cybersafety
- e-safety
- insafety
- nanosafety
- safetify
- safetiness
- safety-conscious
- safety-critical
- safety-valve
- safetyism
- supersafety

## Related Forms
- safe
- secure
- security

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: savete
- Root: sauveté
- Root: salvitās
- Root: salvus
- Affix: -ty - state

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English savete, from Old French sauveté, from earlier salvetet, from Medieval Latin salvitās, salvitātem, from Latin salvus.

## AI Etymology
Safety is inherited from Middle English savete, from Old French sauveté, from earlier salvetet, from Medieval Latin salvitās, salvitātem, from Latin salvus. Modern senses include the state of being safe and not in danger. and a place where you are protected from danger.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as biosafety, cybersafety, e-safety, insafety, nanosafety, and safetify and related forms such as safe, secure, and security.

## Topics
- Safety & Risk

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