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Old French words from Latin words first recorded in the 3rd century

1 Old French word inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 3rd century, earliest Latin record first.

1. sauver

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   from Latin salvo

   It is inherited from Late Latin salvō (“to save”), a Late Latin verb formed on Latin salvus (“safe, unharmed”). Bloch and Wartburg call the Late Latin verb mainly a word of the Church, and the DHLF…

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