English
salvable
Salvable comes from Latin salvare ‘to save’, from salvus ‘safe’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-1‘whole’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salawos1‘whole’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvus2‘safe’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvare2‘to save’
- Englishearliest quotation 1681salvable2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin salvus
- 2 Wiktionary, English salvable
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1681, Henry More: “salvable Condition”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-Wiktionary, Latin salvus‘whole’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salawosWiktionary, Latin salvus‘whole’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvusWiktionary, English salvable‘safe’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvareWiktionary, English salvable‘to save’
- Englishearliest quotation 1681salvableWiktionary, English salvable. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1681, Henry More: “salvable Condition”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’
sold, solid, holocaust, sol, xu, salute, sou, salutation, salutary, salubrious, 30 more
through Proto-Italic *salawos ‘whole’
through Latin salvus ‘safe’
safe, sage, savior, salve, salvia, 9 more
through Latin salvare ‘to save’
Today it means
adj Salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “salvable”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin salvus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- / salvable