[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''reserver'', from [[Latin]] ''reservare'', [[literally]], to keep back, from ''re''- + ''servare'' to keep | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''reserver'', from [[Latin]] ''reservare'', [[literally]], to keep back, from ''re''- + ''servare'' to keep |