salvaje

Spanish

Etymology

First attested 1335[1]; borrowed from Old Catalan and Occitan or Old Occitan salvatge, sauvatge, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild"; literally, "of the woods”), from silva (“forest", "grove”). Doublet of selvático.

Adjective

salvaje (plural salvajes)

  1. wild
  2. savage
  3. stupid

Noun

salvaje m or f (plural salvajes)

  1. savage

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. https://www.scribd.com/doc/162797514/Joan-Corominas-Diccionario-Etimologico-de-la-lengua-castellana
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