sauvement

Middle English

Noun

sauvement

1. Alternative form of savement (“salvation”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• salvament, salvemant, salvement, sauvemant, sauvemen, savemant, savement

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin salvāmentum. Synchronically derivable from sauver +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /salvəˈment/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /sau̯vəˈmant/

Noun

sauvement oblique singular, m (oblique plural sauvemenz or sauvementz, nominative singular sauvemenz or sauvementz, nominative plural sauvement)

1. salvation
2. well-being

Descendants

• → Middle English: savement, sauvement
  • English: savement (obsolete)

References

• “sauver”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.