savesave

Save comes from Middle English saven, from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvō ‘to save’, from salvus ‘safe’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-¹‘whole’reconstructed
2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salawos¹‘whole’reconstructed
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvus¹‘safe’
4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsalvō¹‘to save’
5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400sauver¹‘to save’
6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500saven¹‘to rescue’
7. Englishearliest quotation 1613save¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English save
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1613, William Shakespeare, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight: “I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now…”.