Where does “salvatory” come from?
salvatory (English) comes from Latin salvatorium, from Latin salvare, from Latin salvo, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Italic *salawos, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European sōlh₂- — mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy.
salvatory (English): A place where things are preserved; a repository
Definitions
- A place where things are preserved; a repository
Ancestry of “salvatory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | salvatorium | — |
| 2 | Latin | salvare | present active infinitive of salvō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | salvo | I save |
| 4 | Latin | salvus | safe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *salawos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂wós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sōlh₂- | mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy |