sauvatge

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• salvatge

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French salvage, sauvage. Compare Catalan salvatge.

Adjective

sauvatge

1. savage
   • 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Can vei la flor, l’erba vert e la folha

     Ja no m’aya cor felo ni sauvatge,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → Old Galician-Portuguese: salvage
• → Sicilian: sarbaggiu