Middle English sauf

← Old French sauf (borrowed)

← Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós (derived)

← Latin salvus (derived)

→ English safe (inherited)

→ Welsh saff (borrowed)

→ Middle English savement (affix)

→ Middle English savely (affix)

→ Middle English savenes (affix)

→ Middle English savegard (affix)

→ Indonesian sip (derived)