English word salvage comes from English -age, Proto-Indo-European *solo-, Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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-age | English (en) | Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.. Forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee. Forming nouns indicating a place. Forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result. Forming nouns indicating a rate. Forming nouns of a state or relationship. |
*solo- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | whole, integrate, whole |
*solh₂- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
salvare | Latin (lat) | |
salvare | Late Latin (LL) | |
salver | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
salvage | English (en) | (transitive) Of discarded goods, to put to use.. (transitive) Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue.. (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved. Anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted.. Damaged.. The compensation paid to the rescuers.. The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.. The ship, [...] |