Where does “antisavage” come from?

antisavage (English) comes from English Savage, from Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, from Vulgar Latin salvaticus, from Latin silvāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

antisavage (English): Opposing savages people living in traditional, especially tribal, societies

Definitions

  1. Opposing savages people living in traditional, especially tribal, societies

Ancestry of “antisavage”, step by step

antisavage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Savage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSavageWild; not cultivated or tamed
2Middle Englishsavagesavage, barbaric, unmannered, primitive; wild,...
3Old Frenchsauvagewild; untamed
4Vulgar Latinsalvaticus
5Latinsilvāticusof the woods, sylvan
6Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
7Latin-ātused
8Proto-Italic-ātos
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English anti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantiOpposed to something; That has a torsion angle...
2Englishanti-Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;...
3Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
4Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos
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