Where does “saevitudo” come from?
saevitudo (Latin) comes from Latin saevus, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y-wo-, from Proto-Indo-European sh₂ey-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂- — to satiate, satisfy.
saevitudo (Latin): ferocity, violence
Ancestry of “saevitudo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | saevus | Furious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂y-wo- | to be fierce, afflict |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |