save

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To keep someone or something safe from harm or danger.

   She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.

2. 2
   verb

   To keep money instead of spending it, so you can use it later.

   We are saving for a holiday next summer.

3. 3
   verb

   To keep something to use or enjoy later.

   I saved the old family photographs in a drawer.

4. 4
   verb

   To avoid wasting time, money, or effort.

   Taking the train will save us a lot of money.

5. 5
   noun

   In sport, the act of stopping the other team from scoring.

   The goalkeeper made a brilliant save in the last minute.

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Simplified etymology

Save entered English in the Middle English period and ultimately derives from Latin salvus “uninjured, safe.” It shares this ancestry with safe, safety, salvage, salver, and salvation.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salvō Latin salvāre Old French sauverbor. Middle English saven English save From Middle English saven, sauven, a borrowing from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”).

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