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The word is English. It was first cataloged in use by Edmund Spenser who was born in 1552 and wrote "The Faerie Queen". He spelled it "safiti". William Shakespeare, who was born in 1564, changed the spelling to what we use today - safety. Either way, the meaning has always been the same - the state of being safe.

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