sauver

to save, rescue; to protect; to save; to escape, run away; to save (conserve, prevent the wasting of)

“La porte était ouverte et le chat s'était sauvé.” — The door was open and the cat had run away.

Inherited from Middle French saulver, from Old French sauver, salver, from Gallo-Romance salvar, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”), from Latin salvus. In the sense specific to North America, a semantic loan from English save.