preserve
English
/pɹəˈzɜːv/, /pɹəˈzɝv/
noun
Definitions
- A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.
- A reservation, a nature preserve.
- An activity with restricted access.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English preserven derived from Old French preserver affix from Latin prae (before, pre-, in front of, in front) + Latin servāre (maintain, keep).
Origin
Latin
servāre
Gloss
maintain, keep
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cryopreservability English
- cryopreservable English
- cryopreserve English
- lyopreserve English
- pre English
- preservability English
- preservable English
- preserver English
- preservest English
- preserveth English
- unpreservable English
- prae Latin
- praeaudio Latin
- praeceps Latin
- praeceptum Latin
- praeditus Latin
- praeferox Latin
- praemoneo Latin
- praenosco Latin
- praeparo Latin
- praepōnere Latin
- praeservio Latin
- praeservo Latin
- praeter Latin
- servāre Latin
- serbare Italian
- préliminaire French
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *préh₂i, *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ser- Proto-Indo-European
- pre- Norwegian Bokmål
- pre- Norwegian Nynorsk
- preserven Middle English
- preserver Old French
- prea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- serba Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan