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Where does “unsaved” come from?

Unsaved is the negation of saved, which derives from Latin salvus (safe, whole) through Old English and Latin, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European roots expressing wholeness and being.

unsaved (English): Not saved; unredeemed; Not saved; simple past...

Definitions

  1. Not saved; unredeemed; Not saved; simple past...

Ancestry of “unsaved”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
2EnglishstillNot moving; calm; Not effervescing; not...
3Old Englishstillanbecome calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,...
4Proto-West Germanicstillijanto make still, quiet
5Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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