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) Safety, security; being unharmed or unharmable. 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.