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saver

/ˈseɪvə/SAY-vur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈseɪvɚ/SAY-vur

Meaningone who saves

Common meaning: a person who saves money

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Journey through time

  1. Latinsaluare‘to secure, make safe’source
  2. Frenchsauversource
  3. Middle Englishsauuensource
  4. Englishsave‘to rescue’
  5. Englishformed in English from savesaver‘a person who saves money’ · 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.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from save + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SAVE, p.527 · scan

Source words

  • saluare Latin · source word “to secure, make safe”

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