sylvan
English
/ˈsɪlvən/
adj
Definitions
- Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
- Residing in a forest or wood.
- Wooded, or covered in forest.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sylvanus borrowed from Middle French sylvain derived from Latin Silvānus (Roman god of the woods) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (dwelling, village, human settlement, spring, sneak, crawl, favor, move quickly, creep, of good mood, home) derived from Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (matter, wood).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ῡ̔́λη
Gloss
matter, wood
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Penn English
- Pennamite English
- Pennsylvania English
- Pennsylvanian English
- Pitt English
- Pittsylvania English
- Spotswood English
- Spotsylvania English
- William Pitt the Elder English
- anthrosylvan English
- hylic English
- shine English
- sylvanite English
- sylvanshine English
- Pennsylvania Finnish
- -icus Latin
- Silvānus Latin
- exsul Latin
- insultus Latin
- salio Latin
- silva Latin
- solamen Latin
- sylvanus Latin
- īnsultāre Latin
- Pennsylvaniadeutsch German
- Pennsylvania Italian
- Σιλουανός Ancient Greek
- ἄϋλος Ancient Greek
- ῡ̔́λη Ancient Greek
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *sel- Proto-Indo-European
- *sleng- Proto-Indo-European
- *slewb- Proto-Indo-European
- *sl̥yétor Proto-Indo-European
- *sél-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *fraslindaną Proto-Germanic
- *saliz Proto-Germanic
- *salą Proto-Germanic
- *slippijaną Proto-Germanic
- *sulī Proto-Germanic
- *sēliz Proto-Germanic
- ペンシルベニア Japanese
- Pensylwania Polish
- शाला Sanskrit
- Pennsylvania Danish
- *selo Proto-Slavic
- पेन्सिलवेनिया Hindi
- seimeira Galician
- เพนซิลเวเนีย Thai
- pennsylvanicus Translingual
- sala Latvian
- insult Middle French
- sylvain Middle French
- sālig Old Saxon
- Pénsówéíniyah hahoodzo Navajo, Navaho
- Pennsilfaani Pennsylvania German
- پنسلڤينيا Hijazi Arabic