Etymology Explorer › Old Portuguese

Where does “salvage” come from?

salvage (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Occitan salvatge, from Vulgar Latin salvaticus, from Latin silvāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

Ancestry of “salvage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitansalvatge—
2Vulgar Latinsalvaticus—
3Latinsilvāticus—
4Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
5Latin-ātus—
6Proto-Italic-ātos—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “salvage”

  • selvagem
  • gato-selvagem
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →