Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping. · A condom. · A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects. · A safety bicycle.
From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Italic *salawos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”). Displaced Old English sicor (“secure, sure”).
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