French word sauvetage comes from French -age, French sauver
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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-age | French (fra) | (rare) Forming collective nouns.. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X". |
sauver | French (fra) | (computing) to save. (pronominal) to escape, run away. To save, rescue; to protect. |
sauvetage | French (fra) | (sports) save. Rescue (act of rescuing someone or something). Salvage. Saving (act of saving). |