Safe

Morpheme

Safe

Type

free base

Denotation

preserved, sound, unharmed, unscathed, unhurt, uninjured, whole, healthy

Etymology

Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf; Old French sauf, saulf, salf; Latin salvus

Evidence

failsafe, safe, safeblower, safeguard, safekeeping, safelight, safely, safeness, safer, safes, safest, safety, threadsafe, ultrasafe, unsafe, unsafely, vouchsafe