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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la servō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõː.sɛrˈwaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kon.serˈvat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnservātiō''' ''f'' (genitive cōnservātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[cōnservō]] “to preserve” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of preservation.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates the ''Rhetorica'' 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant keeping safe, preservation, as Cicero's ''cōnservātiō frūgum'' “the storing of crops” and the safety of persons, and Lewis and Short say it is found several times in Cicero, elsewhere very rarely.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant the preservation of a state or condition, and the observance, maintenance of duties or order, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant conservation, keeping, preserving.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of storage, of the conservancy of a river, and of keeping the peace.^(DMLBS) [[en|conservation]] came in the late 14th century, first “preservation of health”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of preservation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of storing crops and of observance.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''conservation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Preservation, keeping safe; storing.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # Observance, maintenance.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|Conservancy]] of a river.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnservō]]

+ * [[servō]]

+ * [[en|conservation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}