Where does “sauvage” come from?
sauvage (French) comes from Old French sauvage, from Vulgar Latin salvaticus, from Latin silvāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
sauvage (French): wild, untamed; Amerindian; an Amerindian language
Definitions
- wild, untamed; Amerindian; an Amerindian language
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