English word savior comes from Italian salvare, and later Latin salvo ((Late Latin) I save (make safe or healthy).)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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salvare | Italian (it) | (transitive) to save, guard, safeguard, protect, defend. (transitive) to save, rescue, retrieve, deliver. |
salvo | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin) I save (make safe or healthy). |
salvator | Late Latin (LL) | |
sauveour | Old French (fro) | |
saviour | Middle English (enm) | |
savior | English (en) | (US) A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.. (US, medicine) A child who is born to provide an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who has an otherwise fatal disease (used in combination, with "sibling", "baby", "child", "brother", "sister", etc.). |