sauvatge
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French salvage, sauvage. Compare Catalan salvatge.
Adjective
sauvatge
- savage
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Can vei la flor, l’erba vert e la folha
- Ja no m’aya cor felo ni sauvatge,
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- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Can vei la flor, l’erba vert e la folha
Descendants
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: salvage
- → Sicilian: sarbaggiu
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