English word origin

Etymology of salvo

From Latin salvo, ablative of salvus, the past participle of salvāre (“to save, to reserve”), either from salvo jure (“the right being reserved”), or from salvo errore et omissone (“reserving error and omission”).

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Source etymology 1

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noun

An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

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Derivation mentionsalvola

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Source etymology 2

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noun

A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley. · A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon. · Any volley, as in an argument or debate. · The combined cheers of a crowd.

verb

To discharge weapons in a salvo.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

An alteration from 1719 of salva (“simultaneous discharge of guns”) (1591) from Latin salva (“salute, volley”) (compare French salve, also from Italian), from Latin salve (“hail”), the usual Roman greeting, imperative of salvere (“to be in good health”).

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Derivation mentionsalvala · salute, volley
Cognate mentionsalvefr
Derivation mentionsalvela · hail

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