Meaning

noun a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone

noun a reservation where animals are protected

noun fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

originFrom Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”). Displaced native Old English nerian.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0