sauf
Middle English
/sau̯f/
adj
Definitions
- Not having experienced harm, damage, or ill effect:
- Safe, having security or protection:
- Having concern for, with care or respectfulness towards.
- (rare) Guaranteed, ensured, effected.
- (rare) Well-meaning, kind, having good intentions.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sauf derived from Latin salvus (safe, well, whole, unharmed, saved, alive, sound) derived from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*solh₂wós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- French safe English
- biosafe English
- childsafe English
- cybersafe English
- ensafe English
- nonsafe English
- safe English
- safe word English
- safeblower English
- safeblowing English
- safebox English
- safebreaker English
- safebreaking English
- safecracker English
- safecracking English
- safeguard English
- safehaven English
- safehouse English
- safeish English
- safekeeping English
- safelight English
- safelike English
- safely English
- safen English
- safeness English
- safeword English
- savement English
- supersafe English
- threadsafe English
- ultrasafe English
- unsafe English
- vouchsafe English
- websafe English
- salvatio Latin
- salvatrix Latin
- salvificus Latin
- salvitas Latin
- salvo, salvare Latin
- salvo, salvō, salvāre Latin
- salvus Latin
- salvāre Latin
- salvātiōnem Latin
- salvō Latin
- Safe German
- salvo Italian
- sauf French
- сейф Russian
- salvo Spanish, Castilian
- ὅλος Ancient Greek
- *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *solh₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- *solo- Proto-Indo-European
- セーフ Japanese
- sejf Polish
- garde Middle English
- savegard Middle English
- savely Middle English
- savement Middle English
- savenes Middle English
- sejf Czech
- sauf Old French
- sauvement Old French
- sef Serbo-Croatian
- เซฟ Thai
- sip Indonesian
- sauf Norman
- sauvegarde Middle French
- *sárwas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sef Slovene
- *ģalu̯a- Proto-Albanian
- 𐌔𐌀𐌋𐌖𐌄𐌔 Faliscan