myEtymology.com: French etymology of réserve

Etymology of the French word réserve

the French word réserve

derived from the French word réserver

derived from the Latin word reservare (reserve; spare; hold on to)

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Latin word servare (watch over; protect, store)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser-

Romanian rezervă

Dutch reserveren, English reserve, French réserver, German reservieren, German Reserve, Italian riservare, Italian riserva, Lithuanian rezervas, Norwegian reservere, Polish rezerwa, Russian peзepв, Spanish reservar, Swedish reservera