safeguard

English

noun

Definitions

Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
(obsolete) The monitor lizard.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English savegard derived from Middle French sauvegarde compound from English safe (secure container) + English guard (machine, etc, protective part of a sword).

Origin

English

guard

Gloss

machine, etc, protective part of a sword

Concept

Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

機

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

French safe English
Scotchgard English
afterguard English
armguard English
ass guard English
axle guard English
biosafe English
blackguard English
bodyguard English
bowguard English
cattleguard English
chainguard English
chestguard English
childsafe English
chinguard English
coast guard English
coastguard English
counterguard English
crossguard English
cybersafe English
enguard English
ensafe English
faceguard English
fingerguard English
fireguard English
footguard English
foreguard English
guard English
guard post English
guardable English
guardee English
guarder English
guardess English
guardest English
guardeth English
guardful English
guardhouse English
guardless English
guardlike English
guardline English
guardpost English
guardrail English
guardroom English
guardship English
guardsman English
guardswoman English
handguard English
hatguard English
headguard English
keyguard English
landguard English
lifeguard English
merguard English
mouthguard English
mudguard English
nightguard English
nonguard English
nonsafe English
outguard English
pickguard English
prison guard English
prisonguard English
rashguard English
rearguard English
red guard English
safe English
safe word English
safeblower English
safeblowing English
safebox English
safebreaker English
safebreaking English
safecracker English
safecracking English
safeguarder English
safehaven English
safehouse English
safeish English
safekeeping English
safelight English
safelike English
safely English
safen English
safeness English
safeword English
shinguard English
sneezeguard English
splashguard English
supersafe English
threadsafe English
ultrasafe English
underguard English
unguard English
unsafe English
vouchsafe English
watchguard English
waterguard English
websafe English
wire-guard English
wristguard English
Safe German
сейф Russian
ガード Japanese
セーフ Japanese
sejf Polish
garde Middle English
sauf Middle English
savegard Middle English
sejf Czech
sef Serbo-Croatian
เซฟ Thai
sip Indonesian
sauvegarde Middle French
가드 Korean
sef Slovene
gada Zulu
ugadi Zulu
*wardōn, *wardēn Frankish