selva
English
/ˈsɛlvə/
noun
Definitions
- Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian selva derived from Latin silva (forest, wood, woods).
Origin
Latin
silva
Gloss
forest, wood, woods
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
森
Emoji
🐗 🐺 🦌
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- silva English
- silvicolous English
- Silvana Latin
- Silvanus Latin
- silva Latin
- silvaticus Latin
- silvicola Latin
- silviger Latin
- Silvia Italian
- selva Italian
- sylve French
- сельва Russian
- Silvia Spanish, Castilian
- selva Spanish, Castilian
- silvicultor Spanish, Castilian
- silvicultura Spanish, Castilian
- *sel- Proto-Indo-European
- *swel- Proto-Indo-European
- Silvia Portuguese
- selva Portuguese
- silvicultura Portuguese
- Sylwia Polish
- selve Old French
- selva Catalan, Valencian
- silvă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- silva Old Portuguese
- selva Asturian
- selve Friulian