servo

Meaning

Verb

1. (conjugation-1) to maintain, keep
2. (conjugation-1) to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over
3. (conjugation-1) to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, observe any thing
4. (conjugation-1) to save, to deliver, rescue
5. (conjugation-1) to preserve, store, keep, reserve
6. (conjugation-1, figuratively) to permit, allow

Noun

dative/ablative singular of servus

Concepts

save

serve

protect

guard

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preserve

reserve

cover

watch over

forfend

keep

maintain

observe

Opposite of

immineō, īnstō, obiectō, refrēnō, coërceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, comprimō, impediō, arceō, supprimō

Synonyms

adiuvo

assero

defendo

iuvo

subvenio

succurro

opitulor

auxilior

Translations

salvare

salvar

speichern

sauver

guardar

salvar

σώζω

αποθηκεύω

sauvegarder

bewahren

bewaren

ahorrar

sichern

absichern

schützen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsɛr.woː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *serwāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”). Possible cognates in Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra), ἥρως (hḗrōs).