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Where does “sauvegarde” come from?

sauvegarde (Middle French) comes from Old French salve garde.

Ancestry of “sauvegarde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsalve garde—

Words derived from “sauvegarde”

  • safeguard
  • saggar
  • safeguarder
  • savegard
Every word from Old French salve garde →