Re: OT: French/English etymology question: "sauf"/"save"

Mark questions:

>Since I know that "si" means "if",
>I gather that "sauf" by itself means "except", and I was wondering
>if this were
>related to the identical (somewhat outdated) meaning of English "save".
>This is purely idle speculation on my part, and I have done no research;
>I just thought someone here might already know the answer.
I've always assumed so and therefore never researched it, but the OED
says "yes".

Kou

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