Where does “salvaguardare” come from?
salvaguardare (Italian) comes from French sauvegarder, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
salvaguardare (Italian): to safeguard, protect, defend
Definitions
- to safeguard, protect, defend
Ancestry of “salvaguardare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | sauvegarder | to safeguard; to protect; to save; to back up |
| 2 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 4 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |