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salve

/ˈsɒv/SOV
/ˈsɑv/SAHV

Meaningointment

Common meaning: ointment for soothing skin

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SARP‘slip along, glide, creep’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 388, p. 744 · scan
  2. Old Englishsealf‘ointment’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishsaluesource
  4. Englishsalve‘ointment for soothing skin’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English sealf ‘ointment’.

Roots

  • sealf Old English “ointment”

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