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Where does “selvaticume” come from?

selvaticume (Italian) comes from Italian selvatico, from Vulgar Latin salvaticus, from Latin silvāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

selvaticume (Italian): wild things

Definitions

  1. wild things

Ancestry of “selvaticume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianselvaticowild; untamed; timid and unsociable
2Vulgar Latinsalvaticus—
3Latinsilvāticus—
4Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
5Latin-ātus—
6Proto-Italic-ātos—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →