Where does “salvo” come from?
Salvo comes from Latin salvus, meaning safe or sound, which developed into the noun form salvo in Late Latin.
salvo (English): An exception; a reservation; an excuse; A...
Definitions
- An exception; a reservation; an excuse; A...
Ancestry of “salvo”, step by step
salvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese salvo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | salvo | safe |
| 2 | Latin | salvus | safe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *salawos | whole |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂wós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sōlh₂- | mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy |
via Latin salvō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | salvō | to save (make safe or healthy) |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |