Where does “savagely” come from?
Savagely comes from Middle English savage combined with the Old English adverbial suffix -līċ, derived from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, ultimately tracing to Latin silvaticus meaning "of the woods" and the Proto-Indo-European root līg-.
savagely (English): In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner
Definitions
- In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner
Ancestry of “savagely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Savage | Wild; not cultivated or tamed |
| 2 | Middle English | savage | savage, barbaric, unmannered, primitive; wild,... |
| 3 | Old French | sauvage | wild; untamed |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salvaticus | — |
| 5 | Latin | silvāticus | of the woods, sylvan |
| 6 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |