Meaning

noun property or goods saved from damage or destruction

noun the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction

noun the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire

originBorrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).

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