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Where does “silvestre” come from?

silvestre (Spanish) comes from Latin silvestris, from Latin -estris, from Latin terrestris, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

silvestre (Spanish): wild; uncultivated; rustic, rural

Definitions

  1. wild; uncultivated; rustic, rural

Ancestry of “silvestre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsilvestrisOf or pertaining to a forest or wood; forested,...
2Latin-estris—
3LatinterrestrisOf or pertaining to the earth or land;...
4LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
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