salvaje

Spanish

adj
Definitions
  • (especially) wild, savage untamed, not domesticated
  • savage, feral, uncivilized said of a person

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan salvatge derived from Latin salvāticus, silvāticus (of the woods, literally, wild).

Origin

Latin

silvāticus

Gloss

of the woods, literally, wild

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