Where does “sauvageon” come from?
sauvageon (French) comes from French sauvage, 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 — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
sauvageon (French): wildling, plant spawned in nature without human intervention
Definitions
- wildling, plant spawned in nature without human intervention
Ancestry of “sauvageon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sauvage | wild, untamed; Amerindian; an Amerindian language |
| 2 | Old French | sauvage | wild; untamed |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | salvaticus | — |
| 4 | Latin | silvāticus | of the woods, sylvan |
| 5 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 6 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |