savete

Middle English

Alternative forms

• safte, saftee, salvetee, saufte, sauvete, savyte

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sauvete, salvete, from Medieval Latin salvitās, salvitātem; equivalent to saven +‎ -te.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaːviˈteː/, /ˈsaːviteː/, /ˈsau̯fteː/, /ˈsaːfteː/

Noun

savete (uncountable)

1. Safety, security; being unharmed or unharmable.
2. Salvation; deliverance from eternal doom.

Descendants

• English: safety
• Scots: safety, sauftie, safity

References

• “sāvetẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.