Where does “semisavagery” come from?
semisavagery (English) comes from English savagery, from English Savage, from Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, from Vulgar Latin salvaticus, from Latin silvāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
semisavagery (English): A half-savage condition
Definitions
- A half-savage condition
Ancestry of “semisavagery”, step by step
semisavagery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English savagery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | savagery | Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity; A violent... |
| 2 | English | Savage | Wild; not cultivated or tamed |
| 3 | Middle English | savage | savage, barbaric, unmannered, primitive; wild,... |
| 4 | Old French | sauvage | wild; untamed |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salvaticus | — |
| 6 | Latin | silvāticus | of the woods, sylvan |
| 7 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |