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Where does “savagery” come from?

savagery (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.

savagery (English): Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity; A violent...

Definitions

  1. Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity; A violent...

Ancestry of “savagery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSavage—
2Middle Englishsavagesavage, barbaric, unmannered, primitive; wild,...
3Old Frenchsauvagewild; untamed
4Vulgar Latinsalvaticus—
5Latinsilvāticus—
6Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
7Latin-ātus—
8Proto-Italic-ātos—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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