savage

savage · adjective, noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromsilvāticus“wild”
2. Late Latin · derived fromsalvāticus
3. Old French · derived fromsauvage
4. Middle English · inherited fromsavage
5. English todaysavage

From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic.

Savage · proper noun²

1. Serbo-Croatian · derived fromSavić
2. English todaySavage

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the adjective savage. Compare Sauvage. * As an Irish surname, from ó Sabháin, also Anglicized as O'Savin; see Savin. * As a Jewish and Slavic surname, Americanized from Savich, Serbo-Croatian Savić. See Savic.

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