salve

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.

Verb

1. (transitive) To calm or assuage.
2. To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
3. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
4. (dated) To salvage.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
2. (obsolete) To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
3. (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.

Intj

Hail; a greeting.

Verb

To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.

Synonyms

ointment

unguent

balm

salvage

save

liniment

unction

plaster

balsam

relieve

rescue

annoint

lotion

paint

polish

🇵🇱

relief

remedy

solace

treat

deliver from

lip salve

medicine

💊

anoint

healing ointment

bail

cerate

comfort

consolation

cream

cure

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

embrocation

grease

heal

medicament

oil

Translations

unguento

ungüento

Salbe

pommade

pomata

baume

onguent

ungüento

pomada

αλοιφή

balsamo

salvare

unguentum

balsem

zalf

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɑːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: salve

Inherited from Old English: sealf

Cognate with Middle Low German: salve

Cognate with Danish: salve

Cognate with Dutch: zalf

Cognate with Old High German: salba

Cognate with German: Salbe

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃

Cognate with Albanian: gjalpë

Cognate with Sanskrit: सर्पिस्

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἔλπος

Inherited from Old English: sealfian

In summary

From Middle English salve, from Old English sealf, from Proto-West Germanic *salbu, from Proto-Germanic *salbō, from Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂, from *selp- (“salve, ointment”).
Cognates
Cognate with Middle Low German salve (Danish salve, Dutch zalf), Old High German salba (German Salbe), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 (salbōns), Albanian gjalpë (“butter”), Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís), Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos).