preserver
/pɹiˈzɜːvə/pree-ZUR-vur
/pɹiˈzɝvɚ/pree-ZUR-vur
Meaningone who preserves
Common meaning: a person or thing that keeps something safe
- prebefore
- servserve as a slave; a slaveLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1682 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘before’ + ‘serve as a slave’ → preserver
Journey through time
- Latinserviō; servus‘serve as a slave’
- Frenchpreserver
- Middle Englishpreseruensource
- Englishpreserve‘to keep safe’
- Englishformed in English from preservepreserver‘a person or thing that keeps something safe’ · 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.
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Origin: Formed in English from preserve + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PRESERVE, p.465 · scan
Roots
- serviō; servus Latin “serve as a slave; a slave”
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