selvaggio
Italian (Fiorentino)
/selˈvad.d͡ʒo/
adj
Definitions
- (of flora or fauna) wild, savage
- (of people) savage, primitive
- ferocious
- brutal, cruel (torture)
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
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Property
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *salvāticus Latin
- salvaticus Latin
- salvāticus Latin
- silva Latin
- silvaticus Latin
- silvāticus Latin
- selvaggiamente Italian
- selvatico Italian
- semiselvaggio Italian
- salvajada Spanish, Castilian
- salvaje Spanish, Castilian
- salvajemente Spanish, Castilian
- salvajes Spanish, Castilian
- salvajismo Spanish, Castilian
- selvagem Portuguese
- salvatge Catalan, Valencian
- salvatgement Catalan, Valencian
- salvatjada Catalan, Valencian
- salbahe Tagalog
- salvage Old Portuguese
- salvatge Occitan
- salvaġġ Maltese
- salvatge Old Occitan
- sauvatge Old Occitan
- sarvaggiu Sicilian
- salbahe Bikol Central