Where does “semisalvaje” come from?

semisalvaje (Spanish) comes from Spanish salvaje, 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 — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

semisalvaje (Spanish): semiwild

Definitions

  1. semiwild

Ancestry of “semisalvaje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalvajewild, savage; savage, feral, uncivilized; savage
2Old Occitansalvatge
3Vulgar Latinsalvaticus
4Latinsilvāticusof the woods, sylvan
5Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
6Latin-ātused
7Proto-Italic-ātos
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Latin -aticus