Where does “gato-selvagem” come from?
gato-selvagem (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese selvagem, from Old Portuguese salvage, from Old Occitan salvatge, from Vulgar Latin salvaticus, from Latin silvāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos.
gato-selvagem (Portuguese): wildcat
Ancestry of “gato-selvagem”, step by step