reservo Latin · revision 7564

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la servō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈsɛr.woː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈs̬ɛr.vo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reservō''' (present infinitive reservāre, perfect active reservāvī, supine reservātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[re-]] “back” and [[servō]] “to keep, save”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of keeping for future use.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to keep for future use, hold in reserve, as Caesar's supplies kept for the siege, and in Seneca to defer a matter.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it meant to keep for someone, withhold from others, to keep for a given end, and to preserve what would otherwise perish.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to save, preserve, keep or hold back.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''réserver'', Italian ''riservare'' and Spanish ''reservar'', and [[en|reserve]] came in the mid-14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of keeping in reserve.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of supplies kept for a siege.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of deferring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''reserve'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To keep for later, [[m|en|reserve]]; to defer.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To keep for someone, withhold from others.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To keep for a given end.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|preserve]], keep alive.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[servō]]

+ * [[en|reserve]]

+ * [[en|reservation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}