Saver
nounA person who sets money aside rather than spending it, or a thing that prevents loss or waste.
How to spell saver
5 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce saver
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does saver mean?
- nounA person who sets money aside rather than spending it, or a thing that prevents loss or waste.
Saver in a sentence
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The bank rewards every saver with a higher rate of interest.
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As a careful saver, she had built up a solid emergency fund.
Where does saver come from?
Language of origin: Latin
This word is simply the verb 'save' with the agent suffix '-er' attached, naming a person or thing that saves. 'Save' arrived in English in the 1200s through Old French 'sauver', which came from the Late Latin 'salvare', meaning 'to make safe' or 'to rescue'. That verb was built on the Latin adjective 'salvus', meaning 'safe', 'unharmed', or 'healthy', the same root that underlies words like 'salvage', 'salvation', and even the greeting 'salve'. The original sense was about rescuing from danger, and only later did 'save' extend to setting money or resources aside for the future, which is the meaning most often carried by 'saver' today. The spelling stays regular: keep the silent 'e' of 'save' before adding '-er', which is why it is 'saver' and not 'savver'.
How the word is built
- save (from Latin salvare, to make safe)
- -er (one who, or thing that, does the action)
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