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