sauvage
Norman
adj
Definitions
- (Jersey) wild; untamed
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sauvage inherited from Latin salvāticus, silvāticus (of the woods, literally, wild).
Origin
Latin
silvāticus
Gloss
of the woods, literally, wild
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *salvāticus Latin
- salvaticus Latin
- salvāticus Latin
- silvāticus Latin
- selvatico Italian
- sauvage French
- savage Middle English
- sauvage Old French
- savage Old French
- sălbatic Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- salvadi Friulian
- salvatge Old Occitan
- sauvatge Old Occitan