Where does “salvage” come from?
salvage (Tagalog) comes from English salvage, from Spanish salvaje, from Old Occitan salvatge, from Vulgar Latin salvaticus, from Latin silvāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
salvage (Tagalog): summary execution, extrajudicial killing; To...
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- summary execution, extrajudicial killing; To...
Ancestry of “salvage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | salvage | The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from... |
| 2 | Spanish | salvaje | wild, savage; savage, feral, uncivilized; savage |
| 3 | Old Occitan | salvatge | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salvaticus | — |
| 5 | Latin | silvāticus | of the woods, sylvan |
| 6 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |