Where does “salvar” come from?
salvar (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan salvar, from Late Latin salvo, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Italic *salawos, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European sōlh₂- — mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy.
salvar (Catalan): to save, rescue
Ancestry of “salvar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | salvar | to save |
| 2 | Late Latin | salvo | I save; to save; to make safe, secure, save |
| 3 | Latin | salvus | safe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *salawos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂wós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sōlh₂- | mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy |